Royal News of 2003,
Section III
Updated 5 July 2004
ABERCORN
Lady Margaret Myddelton died at Chirk Castle on 4 March.
[She was born 6 February 1910, first child of Lord Charles George Francis
Mercer-Nairn, formerly Petty-Fitzmaurice (himself the son of Henry, 5th
Marquess of Lansdowne, and of his wife, née Lady Maud Evelyn Hamilton [herself
the daughter of the 1st Duke of Abercorn]) and his wife, née Lady Violet
Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound. In 1931 she married Ririd Myddelton, of Chirk Castle
(1902-1988) by whom she had three children.] (added
6 Mar 2003)
Natasha Branston and her husband, Barney Branston, had their second son,
Tobias Joseph Slaney, on 19 December.
[Natasha is the daughter of the late Robert Kenyon-Slaney (himself the son of
Robert Orlando Rodolph Kenyon-Slaney and of his wife, née Lady Mary Cecilia
Rhodesia Hamilton, of the Dukes of Abercorn) and of his wife, née Meriel
Bexton, now Mrs Peter Afia (a lady-in-waiting to Princess Alexandra, the Hon
Lady Ogilvy).] (added 25 Dec 2003)
The engagement was announced between James Harold Charles Hamilton,
Marquess of Hamilton, (b.19 Aug 1969, a former Page of Honour to the Queen,
eldest son of the 5th Duke of Abercorn, KG, and Duchess of Abercorn, of Barons
Court, Co Tyrone) and Tanya Nation (eldest daughter of the late Mr
Douglas Nation and of Mrs Bobbie Nation, of London). (added 21 Nov 2003)
ABRANTÈS
Mme Rose Escande, née Le Ray d'Abrantès, died on 18 August.
[She was born at Levaré on 14 Oct 1914, the youngest child of Andoche Le Ray,
Duc d'Abrantès (1870-1954) and of his wife, née Nicole de Maigret (1878-1957).
In 1933 she married François Escande, who was killed in action in 1940. They
had three sons and two daughters.] (added 24 Aug
2003)
Arnaud Sarton de Jonchay and his wife, née Laetitia Escande (daughter
of Jean Escande [himself the son of François Escande and of his wife, née Rose
Le Ray d'Abrantès, for whose death see above] and of his wife, née Arlette de
Foucault) had their third child, Cyprien, on 18 December. Their first
two children are named Stanislas and Adélaïde. (added
24 Jan 2004)
ALLIATA
Donna Rosanna Alliata, Principessa Alliata, dei principi di Montereale e
di Villafranca, née Gherardi de' Candei, died in Rome on 15/16 November.
[She married in 1974 (as his third wife) Don Giovanni Francesco Alliata dei
Principi di Montereale e di Villafranca, 2nd Principe Alliata (1921-1996), head
of the Princely Family's collateral branch, who bears the title of
"Principe Alliata". They had no children together.] (added 5 Dec 2003)
ALMODÓVAR DEL RIO
Luis Carvajal y Hoyos (son of Jaime Carvajal y Urquijo, Marqués de
Isasi, and of his wife, née Maria Isabel Hoyos y Martinez de Irujo, Marquesa de
Hoyos, Marquesa de Almodóvar del Rio [herself the daughter of Alfonso de Hoyos
y Sanchez Duque de Almodóvar del Rio and of his wife, née Maria Victoria
Martinez de Irujo y Artazcoz]) married Constanza Vergara Jaakkola at Soto de
la Moraleja on 24 May. (added 2 Jun 2003)
BAGRATION
Prince Juan Jorge Bagration-Mukhransky (son of Prince Bagrat Bagration-Mukhransky and of his wife, née Maria del Carmen Ulloa y Suelves) married Florianne del Rio Thorn at Iglesia Parroquial de Guadalmina in Marbella on 21 June. (added 25 Jun 2003)
Prince Dmitry Bagration-Moukhransky (b.26 Oct 1971, son of Prince
Georgy Bagration-Moukhransky and of his wife, née Ludmila Ajimolayev) married
Karina Kharysova (b.Kiev 25 Jan 1978) at Kiev on 25 October. (added 5 Nov 2003)
del BALZO
Alberta, Duchesa di Caprigliano, née Marulli dei duchi di Ascoli, died at
Naples on 11 December.
[She was born at Naples in 1926. In 1948 she married Vincenzo Alessandro del
Balzo (1923-2000), Duca di Caprigliano. They had three children: Maria Antonia,
Alessandra and Paola.] (added 14 Dec 2003)
BASSANO
Monique Marie Marguerite, Marquise de Nicolay, née de Gourcuff, died on 4
July.
[She was born at Tendron on 18 Aug 1928, the daughter of Alain Comte de
Gourcuff and of his wife, née Odette Le Loup de Sancy de Rolland (herself the
daughter of Pierre, Baron Le Loup de Sancy (1877-1919) and of his wife, née
Madeleine de Viel de Lunas d'Espeuilles [herself the daughter of the Marquis de
Viel de Lunas d'Espeuilles (1831-1913) and of his wife, née Caroline Maret de
Bassano (1847-1938), sister of Napoléon, 3rd and last Duc de Bassano
(1844-1906), and daughter of Napoléon, 2nd Duc de Bassano (1803-1898)]). In
1948 she married Charles-Henry, Marquis de Nicolay (1926-1989). She is survived
by their four children.] (added 9 Jul 2003)
BATTENBERG
David Flint Wood and his companion, India Amanda Caroline Hicks (daughter of the late David Nightingale Hicks and of his wife, Lady Pamela Mountbatten [herself the daughter of Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma (born Prince of Battenberg), and of his wife, née Edwina Ashley]) had their third son, Conrad Lorenzo, in Miami on 25 April. (added 17 May 2003)
Hon. Philip Wyndham Ashley Knatchbull (son of John, 7th Lord Brabourne, and of his wife, Patricia, Countess Mountbatten of Burma [herself the daughter of the late Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, born Prince of Battenberg]) and his wife, née Wendy Leach, had a son, Frederick Michael Hubert, at the Portland Hospital, London, on 6 June. (added 14 Jun 2003)
Hon. Timothy Knatchbull (son of John Knatchbull, Lord Brabourne, and
of his wife, Patricia, Countess Mountbatten of Burma [herself the daughter of
Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, born Prince of Battenberg]) and his wife,
née Isabella Norman, had their third child, Ludo, on 15 September. (added 20 Sep 2003)
BAUFREMONT-COURTENAY
Princess Anne de Bauffremont-Courtenay (b.1978, daughter of Prince Charles Emmanuel de Bauffremont-Courtenay [himself the son of Jacques, Prince-Duc de Bauffremont-Courtenay] and of his wife, née Blanche de Chabannes) married Bernard de Lambert des Granges (son of Bruno de Lambert des Granges and of his wife, née France Soucanye de Landevoisin) at Belleville-sur-Saône on 10 May. (added 24 Aug 2003)
Baron Renaud de Maistre and his wife, née Princess Agnès de Bauffremont-Courtenay (daughter of Prince Charles Emmanuel de Bauffremont-Courtenay [himself the son of Jacques, Prince-Duc de Bauffremont-Courtenay] and of his wife, née Blanche de Chabannes) had their first child, Hugues, at Paris on 2 June. (added 21 Feb 2004)
Prince Hugues de Bauffremont-Courtenay (son of Prince Charles-Emmanuel de Bauffremont-Courtenay [himself the son of Jacques, Prince-Duc de Bauffremont-Courtenay] and of his wife, née Blanche de Chabannes) and his wife, née Solenne de Breil de Pontbriand, had their first child, Blandine, on 22 September. Note: I originally posted this date as 22 August, but acc to a family member it is 22 September. (updated 21 Feb 2004)
Comte Emmanuel de Pontac (son of Jean-François, Marquis de Pontac,
and of his wife, Princess Eliane de Bauffremont-Courtenay) and his wife, née
Alix Mirieu de Labarre, had their fifth child, Athénaïs, on 25 November. (added 24 Apr 2004)
BEAUFORT
The marriage took place, 24 May, 2003, at Tillington, West Sussex,
between Dr Hon Oliver Seyfried Herbert (son of David John Seyfried Herbert,
19th Baron Herbert [himself the son of John Beeton Seyfried and of his wife,
née Lady Cathleen Eliot (herself the daughter of John Granville Cornwallis
Eliot, 6th Earl of St.Germans, and of his wife, née Lady Blanche Somerset
[daughter of the 9th Duke of Beaufort])], and of his wife, née Jane Angela
Bishop) and Sally V. Fergusson (daughter of Mr & Mrs Ian Fergusson,
of Tillington). (added 3 Jun 2003)
BEDFORD
Elizabeth, Countess Russell, née Sanders, died at Marie Curie Centre,
Edenhall, 11 Lyndhurst Gardens, London, on 30 January.
[She was born the daughter of Horace and Julie Sanders. She married in 1962
Hon. Conrad Russell [of the Dukes of Bedford], who succeeded as 5th Earl
Russell in 1987. She is survived by him and by their two children: Nicholas,
Viscount Amberley, and Hon. John Russell.] (added
4 Feb 2003)
Henry Robin Ian Russell, 14th Duke of Bedford, died in London on 13 June.
[He was born 21 Jan 1940, the son of John Russell, then Lord Howland and later
13th Duke of Bedford (1917-2002), and of his first wife, née Claire Gwendolen
Bridgeman. He married Henrietta Joan Tiarks in 1961. They had three sons, the
eldest of whom, Andrew Ian Henry, succeeds as 15th Duke of Bedford.] (added 14 Jun 2003)
Euan Rellie and his wife, née Lucy Sykes (daughter of Mark Richard Sykes [himself the son of Christopher Hugh Sykes and of his wife, née Camilla Georgiana Russell (herself the daughter of Sir Thomas Wentworth Russell, of the Dukes of Bedford)] and of his second wife, née Valerie Goad) had their first child, Heathcliff Felix Alastair Euan, on 31 July. (added 24 Apr 2004)
Agnes Mary Russell, née Parsons, died on 27 September.
[She was born 25 November 1918, daughter of Rev. Richard Edward Parsons (of the
Earls of Rosse) and of his wife, née Hester Katherine Drummond (of the Earls of
Perth). In 1941 she married Cosmo Rex Ivor Russell (son of Sir Odo Russell, of
the Barons Ampthill and the Dukes of Bedford, and of Marie Luise Gräfin von Rex
[whose mother was Marie-Anna Gräfin zu Pappenheim]). They had four daughters
and two sons.] (added 4 Oct 2003)
Cosmo Rex Ivor Russell died on 16 October.
[For more details on him see the death of his wife, above.] (added 24 Oct 2003)
The engagement was announced 2 April, 2003, between Rupert Edward Nutting
(second son of Peter Robert Nutting [of the Nutting Baronets [cr. 1902]], of
North Breache Manor, Ewhurst, Surrey, and of his wife, née Cecilia Russell
[herself the daughter of Cosmo Russell [of the Barons Ampthill and the Dukes of
Bedford]]) and Kerry S. Turner (daughter of Mr and Mrs James Turner, of
Mayfield, Kinallen, Co Down, Northern Ireland). (added
5 Apr 2003)
BELFORTE
Don Camillo Biondo-Morra, Duca di Belforte, died in Bagnoregio, near
Viterbo, on 11 November.
[He was born in 1911 and married in 1940 Laura dei conti Cagiano de Azevedo.He
is survived by his wife and two sons, Carlo Antonio and Francesco Alfonso.] (added 21 Nov 2003)
BERWICK
Javier de Soto y Fitzjames-Stuart (son of Javier de Soto y
Lopez-Doriga and of his wife, née Maria del Carmen Fitzjames-Stuart y Gomez,
Marquesa de Valle de Paloma [herself the daughter of Hernando Alfonso
Fitzjames-Stuart y Saavedra, Duque de Penaranda, Duke of Berwick]) married
María Chávarri Figueroa (daughter of Tomás Chávarri and of his wife, née
Matilde Figueroa) at Guadalperal on 18 October.
[Javier's grandfather, the Duke of Berwick, is the senior male-line descendant
of James Fitzjames, Duke of Berwick (natural son of King James II of England and
Scotland by Arabella Churchill). He was attainted in 1695 and the title was
declared forfeited.] (added 24 Oct 2003)
BIRON von CURLAND
Prince Alexander Biron von Curland (son of Prince Michael Biron von
Curland and of his wife, née Kristin von Oertzen) married Michaela Gräfin
Strachwitz von Groß-Zauche u.Camminetz (daughter of Friedrich Franz Graf
Strachwitz von Groß-Zauche u.Camminetz and of his wife, née Dorothea Schwark) at
Bernried on 16 August, followed by a religious ceremony at Pfarrkirche St.Martin
on 4 October. (updated 24 Oct 2003)
BLACAS d'AULPS
Comte Alexandre Blacas d'Aulps died at Tours on 30 January.
[He was born at Ussé on 20 Dec 1944, second son of Pierre, Prince et Duc de
Blacas (1913-1997), and of his wife, née Hélène de Blacas d'Aulps. He married
Yseult Boulay de la Meurthe in 1979. They divorced in 1989, He then married
Christine du Breil de Pontbriand.] (added 4 Feb
2003)
BOIANO
Don Fabio Perrelli Tomacelli Filomarino, Principe di Boiano, Duca d'Atri,
Duca di Monasterace e di Cutrofiano, Duca di Nardò, Duca di Noci, Duca di
Casalaspro e di Pietragalla, etc (son of the late Don Giustiniano, Principe
di Boiano, etc (1869-1932), and of his wife, the late Duchessa Donna Giulia
Acquaviva d'Aragona (1907-1967)) died, unmarried, in Metaponto, Calabria, on
1 March, at the age of 82.
[He succeeded his mother, last of her family, in the Ducal titles of Atri,
Nardò, Noci, Casalaspro and Pietragalla, in 1935 by Royal Decree of the King of
Italy. Probably the Heir of the titles of House Perrelli Tomacelli Filomarino
(with the exception of House Acquaviva d'Aragona's titles, that are
definitively extinct) will be Don Fabio's cousin, Don Riccardo (b.1931), son of
the late Don Eduardo Perrelli Tomacelli Filomarino dei principi di Boiano, Duca
della Torre di Teverolaccio and of the late Donna Maria Antonia Del Balzo dei
duchi di Caprigliano. He married in 1960 Irene dei marchesi Targiani (b.1931)
and has two children: Donna Letizia (b.1962) and Don Eduardo (b.1964).] (added 21 Mar 2003)
BONCOMPAGNI-LUDOVISI
Donna Imperia Maria Gavotti, née Boncompagni-Ludovisi, died at
Bagnoregio, near Viterbo, on 5 February.
[She was born at Florence on 25 June 1912, daughter of Don Paolo dei Principi
Boncompagni-Ludovisi (1886-1960) and of his wife, née Donna Stefania Bourbon
del Monte dei Marchesi del Monte Santa Maria (1888-1984). In 1938 she married
Don Giuseppe dei Marchesi Gavotti (1914-1988).] (added
21 Mar 2003)
Donna Agnese dei principi Boncompagni Ludovisi (daughter of Principe
Don Paolo Boncompagni Ludovisi (1886-1960) and of Donna Stefania Bourbon del
Monte dei marchesi Dal Monte Santa Maria (1888-1984)) died at the
Boncompagni Castle in Trevinano di Acquapendente,near Viterbo, Italy, on 25
August.
[She was widow from 1968 of Rodolfo Borgianni and had no children.] (added 12 Sep 2003)
BORGHESE
Don Francesco dei principi Borghese (son of the late Don Rodolfo
Borghese and of his wife, née Giulia Frascara) died in New York 15 January.
[He was divorced from his wife, née Donatella Foresio and leaves an only
daughter, Donna Livia Borghese.]
BORROMEO
John Jacob Elkann (son of Alain Elkann and of his wife, née
Margherita Agnelli [herself the daughter of the late Giovanni Agnelli and of
his wife, née Donna Marcella Caracciolo dei Duchi de Melito]) is engaged to
marry Donna Lavinia Borromeo dei Principi di Angera, (daughter of Don Carlo
Ferdinando Borromeo Arese, brother of the present Principe di Angera, and of
his first wife, née Marion Sibylle Gabriele Zota.) (added
9 Apr 2003)
BRISSAC
Comte Jérôme de Bertoult [son of Comte Georges de Bertoult and of his wife, née Marie-Anne de Cossé Brissac de Biencourt] and his wife, née Blandine Bertrand-Hardy, had a son, Gaspar, at Paris on 2 January.
Comte Henri de Cossé Brissac (son of Comte Edouard Marie René Maurice de Cossé Brissac and of his wife, née Diane Hélène Marie Roberte de Gramont) and his wife, née Lucile Cornet-Vernet, had their third child, Élénore, at Paris on 31 May. (added 7 Jun 2003)
Comte Charles-Henri de Cossé Brissac died on 15 August.
[He was born at Paris on 16 March 1936, son of Comte Artus de Cossé Brissac
(1912-1982) and of his first wofe, née Marie Henriette de Guéheneue de Boishue
(1911-1938). In 1959 he married Alyette Budes de Guébriant and is survived by
her, their three children, and four grandchildren.] (added 20 Aug 2003)
The engagement was announced between Gabriel Nusse (son of François
Nusse and of his wife, née Chantal de Cossé Brissac [herself the daughter of
the late Antoine, Marquis de Cossé]) and Solenne Marcellin (daughter of
Pierre Marcellin and of his wife, née Catherine Delacroix). (added 13 Dec 2003)
BROGLIE
Comte Bernard de Laguiche (son of Comte Pierre de Laguiche [himself
the son of Comte Bernard de Laguiche and of his wife, née Princess Clotilde de
Broglie] and of his wife, née Christine Aline Marie Alice Aubertin) and his
wife, née Leila Kadre, had their first child, Laura, on 28 February.
[The couple's engagement was announced in November, 2001. The exact date of
their marriage is unknown to me.] (added 26 Apr
2003)
Jean-François Quéré and his wife, née Constance de Dreux-Brézé (daughter of Henri-Evrard, Marquis de Dreux-Brézé, and of his wife, née Princess Geneviève de Broglie), had their third child, Emilien, on 12 April. (added 11 Jul 2003)
Pierre Lelong and his wife, née Charlotte Vaudevire (daughter of Guillaume Vaudevire and of his wife, née Isabelle de Dreux-Brézé [herself the daughter of Henri-Evrard, Marquis de Dreux-Brézé, and of his wife, née Princess Geneviève de Broglie]), had their first child, Louise, on 21 April. (added 11 Jul 2003)
Prince Guillaume de Broglie (son of Prince Amaury de Broglie and of his wife, née Marie-Anne Michelin) married Nathalie Carretté (daughter of François Carretté and of his wife, née Elisabeth Rigaud) at Paris on 26 June. (updated 21 Feb 2004)
Comte Jean de La Roche-Aymon (son of Hély, Marquis de La Roche-Aymon [himself the son of Raoul de La Roche-Aymon (1881-1980) and of his wife, Princess Madeleine de Broglie (1891-1984)) and of his wife, Hedwige de Foresta (sister of Princess Napoléon, née Alix de Foresta]) and his wife, née Lorraine Rolin Jacquemyns, had their first child, Alix, on 9 August. (updated 7 Sep 2003)
Jacques-François van Oers de Prest and his wife, née Princess Nadège de Broglie (daughter of Prince Dominique de Broglie and of his wife, née Laure Bellet de Tavernost de Saint Trivier), had their second child, Blandine, on 15 August. (added 7 Sep 2003)
Hély, Marquis de La Roche-Aymon, died on 24 September.
[He was born on 24 October 1921, son of Raoul, Comte de La Roche-Aymon, and of
his wife, née Princess Madeleine de Broglie (herself the daughter of Prince
Louis de Broglie and of his wife, née Louise Lebeuf de Montgermont). He was
married to Hedwige de Foresta (sister of Princess Napoléon) and is survived by
her and their four children.] (added 27 Sep 2003)
The engagement was announced between Prince Geoffroy de Broglie
(b.1981, son of Prince Charles-Edouard de Broglie and of his wife, née Laure
Mallard de La Varende) and Isaure Desrousseaux de Médrano(b.1983,
daughter of Henri Marie Hervé Adolphe Desrousseaux de Médrano and of his wife,
née Bathilde Dauger). (added 7 Dec 2003)
BUCCLEUCH & QUEENSBERRY
Ronald Ivor Ferguson died on 16 March.
[He was born in London in 1931, the son of Andrew Henry Ferguson (1899-1966)
and of his wife, née Marian Louisa Montagu-Douglas-Scott (1908-1996), herself
the daughter of Lord Herbert Montagu-Douglas-Scott (son of the 6th Duke of
Buccleuch & Queensberry). In 1956 he married Susan Wright. They divorced in
1974. he married secondly, in 1976, Susan Deptford. By his first marriage he
had two daughters (one of whom is Sarah, Duchess of York) and by his second he
had a son and two daughters.] (added 17 Mar 2003)
Comte Bernard de Castellane and his wife, née Lady Charlotte Montagu-Douglas-Scott (daughter of Walter, 9th Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry, and of his wife, née Jane McNeill) had their third child, Pierre John Boniface, on 11 April. (added 20 Apr 2003)
Simon D. K. Hanbury and his wife, née Hon. Louisa Jane Gurdon (daughter of Philp Bertram Gurdon, 3rd Lord Cranworth, and of his wife, née Frances Henrietta Montagu-Douglas-Scott [herself the daughter of Lord William Montagu-Douglas-Scott (of the Dukes of Buccleuch and Queensberry) and of his wife, née Lady Rachel-Douglas-Home]) had their first child, Edward Benjamin Philip, on 17 June. (added 21 Jun 2003)
The engagement was announced 1 July, 2003, between Simon P.J. Nixon (eldest son of Mr and Mrs Patrick Nixon) and the Hon Hermione Marie Hilda Edith Roper-Curzon (b.1973, daughter of John Christopher Roper-Curzon, 20th Baron Teynham, and of his wife, née Elizabeth Scrymgeour-Wedderburn [herself the daughter of David Scrymgeour- Wedderburn and of his wife, Patricia Katharine Montagu-Douglas-Scott (of the Dukes of Buccleuch and Queensberry), who, after the death at Anzio of David, her first husband, married his brother, the 11th Earl of Dundee]). (added 1 Jul 2003)
Mrs Caroline Nelson, née Higham, died on 20 November.
[She was born in 1936, daughter of Ronald Harry Higham and of his wife, née
Hon. Barbara Constance Brand [herself the daughter of Thomas Walter Brand, 3rd
Viscount Hampden, and of his wife, née Lady Katherine Montagu-Douglas-Scott
(herself the daughter of the 6th Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry)]). In 1959
she married Hon. Robert Victor Grosvenor (1936-1993), son of the 5th Lord
Ebury. She later married Maurice Nelson. By her first marriage she had a son
and a daughter, and four grandchildren.] (added
28 Nov 2003)
CANOSA
Don Ernesto Capece Minutolo dei principi di Canosa (only son of Don
Antonio Capece Minutolo, Principe di Canosa, and of his wife, née Maria Rosa
Pignagnoli) and his wife, née Giosita Varriale, had their first child, a
daughter, Donna Carolina Antonia Ludovica, in Rome on 3/4 August.
[Don Ernesto Capece Minutolo (b.1963) married Giosita Varriale in Naples on 19
Aug 1998.] (added 12 Sep 2003)
CARACCIOLO
The Fiat magnate Giovanni (Gianni) Agnelli died in Turin on 24 January.
[He was born at Turin on 12 March 1921, son of Edoardo Agnelli (1892-1935) and
of his wife, née Donna Virginia Bourbon del Monte dei Principi di San Faustino
(1899-1945). In 1953 he married Donna Marcella Caracciolo dei Duchi di Melito
(daughter of Don Filippo Caracciolo, Principe di Castagneto, Duca di Melito
(1903-1965) and of his wife, née Margaret Clarke (d.1955)).]
Donna Violante Visconti di Modrone, née Caracciolo (b.Rome 19 March
1943, daughter of Don Adolfo Caracciolo dei Duchi de Melito (1905-1968) and of
his wife, née Donna Anna Visconti di Modrone (1903-1977)) died on 24 January.
[She married in 1962 Don Gianmaria Visconti di Modrone (son of Don Luigi, Duca
di Grazzano Visconti (1905-1967) and of his first wife, née Maddalena
Arrivabene Valenti Gonzaga (1909-1996).]
Mme. Charles Baudron, née Geneviève Varangot, died on 16 November.
[She was married firstly in 1941 to Gian Galeazzo Caracciolo Spinelli, Duca di
Laurino, etc (1921-1989). They divorced, and she married, secondly, Jean,
marquis de Mailly-Nesle et prince d'Orange (1915-2001), son of Augustin,
marquis de Mailly-Nesle (d.1955) and of his wife, née Léonie de Rohan Chabot
(1894-1918). They divorced, and she married, thirdly, in 1958, Charles Baudron,
who died on 7 December 2003.] (updated 11 Dec
2003)
CARAMAN
Jonathan Bradshaw and his wife, née Sophie de Milleville (daughter of Baron Bernard-Claude de Milleville and of his wife, née Anne-Françoise de Curel [herself the daughter of Louis Vicomte de Curel and of his wife, née Marie de Riquet de Caraman]) had their fourth child, Raphaël, at Paris on 28 March. (added 27 Apr 2003)
Comtesse Béatrice de Riquet de Caraman (daughter of Comte Ernest de
Riquet de Caraman (1875-1958) and of his wife, née Hélène de Ganay (1890-1974),
and sister of Jean, Duc de Caraman (b.1916)) died on 4 April.
[She was born at Arcachon in 1918. In 1943 she married Roland, Baron de
Nervaux-Loÿs (1913-1978). They divorced in 1973. They had two children: Hélène,
Mme Patrice Fustier (b.1943), who has a daughter, Raphaëlle (b.1989); and Baron
Olivier de Nervaux-Loÿs (b.1946), who has three children: Laure (b.1977), Alban
(b.1978) and Charles (b.1980) by his wife, née Patricia Bertin.] (added 8 Apr 2003)
CAUMONT La FORCE
Comte Olivier Armand Marie Boniface Nompar de Caumont La Force (son of Comte Jean Bertrand Jacques Adrien Nompar de Caumont La Force (1920-1986) and of his wife, née Elisabeth de Castellane (1928-1991)) died at Paris on 12 April. (added 2 Mar 2004)
Elisabeth, Marquise d'Harcourt, née de Caumont La Force, died on 18 July.
[She was born in Paris on 5 July 1927, the daughter of Armand Jean Marie
Fernand Nompar de Caumont La Force (1881-1950) and of his wife, née Anne Marie
Guigues de Moreton de Chabrillan (1894-1983). In 1946 she married Bernard,
Marquis d'Harcourt d'Olonde (1919-1984). She is survived by four children. One
son, Christian, predeceased her in 1992.] (added
22 Jul 2003)
Marie Kobayashi (b.1980, daughter of Kazumasa Kobayashi and of his
wife, née Antoinette de Caumont La Force [herself the daughter of the late
Jacques de Caumont, Duc de La Force, and of his wife, née Monique de La
Rochefoucauld]) married Quang Tri Nguyen at Saint-Aubin-de-Locquenay
(Sarthe). The banns were published at Paris on 6 August. (added 19 Aug 2003)
CHAVCHAVADZE
Prince Michel Chavchavadzé (b.Paris 7 April 1968, son of Prince
Nicolas Chavchavadse and of his wife, née Nelly (Hélène) Khomeriki) died at
Paris on 31 July.
[He is survived by a widow and a daughter, Anna, and by two sisters: Anne
(b.Paris 14 Oct 1964) and Elisabeth (b.Paris 1966).] (added 4 Aug 2003)
CHIGI ALBANI DELLA ROVERE
Marciano dei baroni Rinaldo di San Rufo, husband from 1958 of Donna
Eleonora dei principi Chigi Albani della Rovere (daughter of Don Francesco dei
Principi Chigi Albani della Rovere and of his second wife, née Donna Anna Maria
Torlonia, and sister of the present Principe Chici Albani della Rovere), died
in Rome on 24 April.
[He is survived by his wife, two sons (Francesco and Andrea) and one daughter
(Maria Cristina).] (added 20 Jun 2003)
CLERMONT-TONNERRE
Geneviève, Comtesse Jean de Pins, née de Colbert Cannet, died on 15 April.
[She was born at Abbeville in 1927, daughter of Edouard Marquis de Colbert
Cannet and of his wife, née Jeanne Lambert de Cambray. In 1957 she married
Comte Jean de Pins (son of Gaston, Comte de Pins, and of his wife, née
Cathérine de Clermont-Tonnerre [herself the daughter of Charles Henry Aimé,
Prince de Clermont-Tonnerre, and of his wife, née Gabrielle de Cossé Brissac]).
They had one daughter, Hélène, born in 1964.] (added
19 Apr 2003)
Jean Marzloff (son of Benoît Marzloff and of his wife, née Marie-Christine de Sparre [herself the daughter of Pierre Axel Marie, Comte de Sparre and of his wife, née Marie Gabrielle Christine de Clermont-Tonnerre]) is engaged to marry Audrey Dalle (daughter of Michel Dalle and of his wife, née Michèle Humbert).
Sybille de Lignaud de Lussac (b.1973, daughter of Hervé de Lignaud de
Lussac, Marquis de lussac, and of his wife, née Alix de Hardivilliers [herself
the daughter of Vicomte François de Hardivilliers and of his wife, née
Gabrielle de Clermont-Tonnerre (herself the daughter of Aynard, Duc de
Clermont-Tonnerre (1884-1967)]) married Jean-Baptiste Valat (son of
Claude Valat and of his wife, née Claude Courlet de Vregille) at Amboise on
18 October. (updated 24 Oct 2003)
COLONNA
Donna Patrizia Colonna dei Principi di Summonte (daughter of Don Carlo Colonna Principe di Summonte (1901-1977) and of his wife, née Donna Eleonora Avati dei Duchi di San Pietro (1915-1985)) died at Naples on 22 January.
Donna Natalie Victoire Colonna dei Principi di Stigliano (b.1964, daughter of Don Luigi Maria Colonna dei Principi di Stigliano, Principe di Altora, and of his wife, née Lilian Suttar-Georgevic) died on 1 March. (added 6 Mar 2003)
Donna Ottavia Colonna dei Principi di Stigliano (daughter of Don
Fabio Colonna dei Principi di Stigliano and of his first wife, née Annabel
Sykes) married Cosimo Ranieri (son of Marchesa Cecilia Bourbon di
Petrella, née Mori) on the 19th of July in Segromigno in Monte, near Lucca.
(updated 25 Jul 2003)
CURSI
Donna Adele d'Ardia Caracciolo, née Lupi dei conti di Moirano
(daughter of the late Alberto Lupi, Conte di Moirano, and of the late Emilia
Borghi), widow of Don Luigi d'Ardia Caracciolo dei principi di Cursi e dei
duchi di Grottaglie, died in Rome on 13 March.
[She leaves three sons: Don Giangiacomo (b.1940), Don Giovanni Francesco
(b.1943), and Don Andrea (b.1946) d'Ardia Caracciolo.] (added 21 Mar 2003)
Donna Stefania d'Ardia Caracciolo, née Alessandri (daughter of the
late Nobile Alessandro Alessandri and of the late Flaminia dei conti Vannutelli
Rey) died in Velletri, near Rome on 17 September.
[She was widow from 1975 of Don Giacinto d'Ardia Caracciolo dei Principi di
Cursi e dei Duchi di Grottaglie and had no children.] (added 13 Oct 2003)
CZARTORYSKI
Jan Gromnicki died at Montrésor on 6 November.
[He was born at Lachowice on 29 April 1929, and married in 1962 Princess Krystyna
Czartoryska (daughter of Prince Wytold Czartoryski and of his wife, Princess
Elzbieta Radziwill). They had thre children.] (added
11 Apr 2004)
DAVOUT d'AUERSTAEDT
Marie Henri Jean René, Comte de Pomyers, died at Haute-Goulaine (Loire
Atlantique) on 7 February.
[He was born at Ivoy-le-Pré on 14 Sep 1924, son of Edouard Comte de Pomyers
(1893-1971) and of his wife, née Magdeleine de Noblet d'Anglure. In 1957 he
married Christiane Davout d'Auerstaedt (1923-1989), twelfth and youngest child
of Louis Davout, Duc d'Auerstaedt (1877-1958) and of his wife, née Hélène
Eugénie Françoise Marie Etignard de la Faulotte (1880-1946). They had three
children: Ombline; Bérengère; and Hedwige, Comtesse Xavier d'Aubigny
d'Esmyards.] (added 15 Feb 2003)
Jacques Gaspard Marie Davout, Baron d'Auersteadt, died at
Neuilly-sur-Seine on 26 May.
[He was born on 7 April 1913, ninth of the twelve children of Louis Davout, Duc
d'Auerstaedt, and of his wife, née Hélène Etignard de Lafoulotte. In 1945 he
married Monique Derode (daughter of Emmanuel Derode and of his wife, née
Marie-Françoise Thiéry-Chérer de Cabanes), by whom he had five children. One of
them, Louis Nicolas Emmanuel, died in 1967.] (added
31 May 2003)
Baron Michel Séré de Rivières (b.1942, son of Baron Jean Séré de Rivières (1902-1987) and of his second wife, Victoire Davout d'Auerstaedt [herself the daughter of Louis Davout, Duc d'Auerstaedt]) died on 29 June. (added 4 Jul 2003)
Antoine Merlin d'Estreux de Beaugrenier (b.1977, son of Baron
Guillaume d'Estreux de Beaugrenier and of his wife, née Elisabeth Davout
d'Auerstaedt [herself the daughter of François Marie Davout Comte d'Auerstaedt
and of his first wife, née Countess Anna d'Arschot-Schoonhoven]) is engaged
to marry Laure Fournaise (daughter of Jean-Bernard Fournaise and of his
wife, née Christine Schwerer). (added 21 Jul
2003)
DEVONSHIRE
Christopher Wynne Tufnell (son of Michael Wynne Tufnell and of his wife, née Hon. Georgina Mary Cavendish [herself the daughter of the late 5th Lord Chesham, of the Dukes of Devonshire]) and his wife, née Nicola Caroline Nixon, had their first child, Henry Patrick Wynne, on 10 April. (added 18 Apr 2003)
Constantine David Lindsay (son of Hon. Thomas Richard Lindsay [himself the son of David Alexander Robert Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, and of his wife, née Mary Katherine Cavendish (of the Dukes of Devonshire)] and of his wife, née Virginia Capel Cure) and his wife, née Samantha Asprey, had their third child, Hamish David, on 21 April. (added 17 May 2003)
The engagement was announced 28 May, 2003, between Jason Richard Lindsay (b.1968, youngest son of the Hon. Thomas Richard Lindsay [himself a son of David Alexander Robert Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, and of his wife, née Mary Katherine Cavendish (herself the daughter of Lord Richard Frederick Cavendish, of the Dukes of Devonshire, and of his wife, née Lady Moyra de Vere Beauclerk)] and of his wife Sarah Virginia Capel Cure, of Ashmore, Wiltshire) and Demetra Cecilia Ryder Runton (daughter of Mr & Mrs Clive Ryder Runton, of Chaseden, Mattingley, Hampshire). (added 31 May 2003)
The engagement was announced 30 May, 2003 between Simon Charles Tufnell (b.1977, youngest son of (Michael) Wynne Tufnell and of his wife, née Hon Georgina Mary Cavendish [sister of the 6th Baron Chesham, of the Dukes of Devonshire]) and Olivia C. Fellowes (elder daughter of Mr and Mrs David Fellowes, of Little Somborne, Hampshire). (added 31 May 2003)
Sophie Faber, née Hedley, second wife of David Faber, grandson maternally of Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, Prime Minister 1957-63, by his wife Lady Dorothy Cavendish (of the Dukes of Devonshire) gave birth to a daughter, Grace Anne Charmian, 27 June, 2003, a sister for Evelyn Alice, b. 14 December, 2000, and a half-sister for Henry Mark Tufnell Faber, b.1992. (added 8 Jul 2003)
Robert Edward Peter Gascoyne-Cecil, 6th Marquess of Salisbury, died on 11
July.
[He was born on 24 Oct 1916, son of Robert, 5th Marquess of Salisbury, and of
his wife, née Elizabeth Vere Cavendish (daughter of Lord Richard Cavendish,
brother of the 9th Duke of Devonshire, and of his wife, née Lady Moyra
Beauclerk, of the Dukes of St.Albans). In 1945 he married Marjorie Olein
Wyndham-Quin (daughter of Hon. Valentine Maurice Wyndham- Quin and of his wife,
née Marjorie Elizabeth Pretyman). They had six sons and a daughter. One son,
Lord Richard Valentine Gascoyne-Cecil, was killed in Rhodesia in 1978 where he
was a war correspondent. He is succeeded by his eldest son, Robert Michael
James, 7th Marquess of Salisbury.] (added 14 Jul
2003)
Nicholas C.E. Dunne, younger son of Sir Thomas Raymond Dunne, KCVO,
Lord Lieutenant for Herefordshire, and Lady Dunne, (née Henrietta Crawley), of
Gatley Park, Herefordshire, married Lady Jasmine Nancy Cavendish (younger
daughter of the Marquess and Marchioness of Hartington, of Beamsley Hall,
Bolton Abbey, North Yorkshire, and granddaughter paternally of the 11th Duke of
Devonshire, KG) at St.Carthage's Cathedral,Lismore, co Waterford, Ireland on
27 July.
[Nicholas Dunne (of Dunne of Gatley LG) is a brother of the Hon Mrs Soames,
wife of the Hon Rupert Soames, grandson of Sir Winston Churchill; and is a
great-grandson of Thomas Russell Dunne, (1864-1944), of Gatley Park,
Leominster, who married in 1899, the Hon Grace Rendel, daughter of the 1st
Baron Rendel (1834-1913), by his wife Ellen Hubbard, niece of the 1st Baron
Addington (1805-89).] (updated 2 Aug 2003)
Edward Tobias Tennant (son of Hon. Tobias William Tennant [himself
the son of the 2nd Lord Glenconner] and of his wife, née Lady Emma Cavendish
[herself the daughter of the 11th Duke of Devonshire] and his wife, née Emma
Virginia Bridgeman, had their second child, Georgia Rose, on 9 July. (added 18 Jul 2003)
DOHNA-SCHLOBITTEN
Rose-Marie Burggräfin und Gräfin zu Dohna-Schlobitten, née von Jagow,
died at Baden-Baden on 23 January.
[She was born at Potsdam on 10 March 1914, the daughter of Carl Ludwig Botho
Hermann von Jagow (1882-1955) and of his wife, née Marie Gräfin von der
Schulenburg (1888-1980). In 1941 she married Hans Albrecht von Plüskow, who was
killed in battle in the Netherlands in 1944. In 1956 she married Konstantin
Burggraf und Graf zu Dohna-Schlobitten (of a non-princely line of that house). He
died in 1966.] (added 2 Feb 2003)
Wolfgang von Buch (b.at Wilmersdorf (Uckermark) 15 Oct 1928, son of
Gustav Wilhelm Leopold Alexander von Buch and of his wife, née Anna von Kessel)
died at Freiburg-im-Breisgau on 13 February.
[He married in 1955 Sophie Mathilde Burggräfin und Gräfin zu Dohna-Schlobitten
(daughter of Alexander Fürst zu Dohna-Schlobitten and of his wife, née
Freda-Antoinette Gräfin von Arnim). They divorced in 1973, and he married in
1974 Marie-Elisabeth von Plüskow.] (added 24 Feb
2003)
DOLGORUKY
Maria Baroness von Drachenfels, née Baroness von Nolcken, died at Bad
Godesberg on 10 May.
[She was born in St.Petersburg on 29 October 1906, daughter of Eugen Leopold
Baron von Nolcken and of his wife, née Maria Wojeikov (herself the daughter of
Nikolai Wojeikov and of his wife, née Princess Barbara Dolgoruky). In 1941 she
married Friedrich Baron von Drachenfels. They had a son and two daughters.] (added 7 Sep 2003)
DURFORT
Comte René de Rolland-Dalon died at Paris on 13 January.
[He was born in Paris on 20 Jan 1926, son of Comte Jacques de Rolland-Dalon and
of his wife, née Anne Jeanne Marie Budes de Guébriant (herself the daughter of
Comte Alain Casimir Budes de Guébriant (1852-1931) and of his wife, née Léonie
de Durfort Civrac de Lorge (1858-1949), sister of Louis, Duc de Lorge
(1861-1912))]. (added 7 Jun 2003)
Baron Olivier de Ladoucette (son of Baron Michel de Ladoucette and of his wife, née Hélène de Boissieu [herself the daughter of Charles-Albert Comte de Boissieu and of his wife, née Juliette de Durfort Civrac de Lorge]) married Lina Daoud in a religious ceremony at the church of Saint-François-Xavier, Paris, on 1 February. (added 10 Mar 2003)
Solange Marie Bernardine Berthe Louise, Comtesse de La Panouse, née de
Vogüé, died at Château de Thoiry on 27 March.
[She was born at Paris on 2 May 1920, daughter of Comte François Marie Auguste
de Vogüé (1894-1964) and of his wife, née Clotilde Marie Eugénie Adelaïde
Adrienne de Durfort-Civrac de Lorge ((1897-1995), herself the daughter of Comte
Bernard de Durfort (1865-1920)). In 1942 she married Antoine Marie, Comte de La
Panouse (son of Eugène, Comte de La Panouse, and of his wife, née Marie-Hélène
Béjot). She is survived by him, their four children, and several
grandchildren.] (added 2 Apr 2003)
Guy-Bertrand de Bastard (son of Dominique, Baron de Bastard, and of
his wife, née Annick de Kergorlay [herself the daughter of Bernard de Kergorlay
and of his wife, née Antoinette de Curel (herself the daughter of Albert
Vicomte de Curel and of his wife, née Anne de Durfort Civrac de Lorge]) and
his wife, Béatrice, had their fourth child, Arthur, on 29 May.
[They had already three children: Antoine, Thomas and François.] (added 20 Jun 2003)
Baronne Gérard de Charette de La Contrie died in May.
[She was born Marie Thérèse Madeleine Claire de Roubin in Compiègne in 1911,
daughter of Victor, Baron de Roubin, and and of his wife, née Elisabeth de
Bardon de Segonzac. In 1933 she married Baron Gérard de Charette de La Contrie
(son of Baron Bertrand de Charette de La Contrie [himself the son of Baron
Armand de Charette de La Contrie and of his wife, née Marie Charlotte Eléonore
de Durfort-Civrac de Lorge] and of his wife, née Marie Madeleine Valentine de
Gourjault). They had six sons and a daughter.] (added
23 May 2003)
Dr. Henry Parent de Curzon (husband of Agnes Marie Paule de La Panouse [herself the daughter of Antonine, Comte de La Panouse, and of his wife, née Solange Marie Bernardine Berthe Louise de Vogüé, for whose death see above]) died on 16 July. (added 28 Jul 2003)
Comte Jean de Boissieu died at La Ferté-Saint-Cyr on 28 August.
[He was the third son and sixth child of Charles-Albert Comte de Boissieu and
of his wife, née Juliette de Durfort Civrac de Lorge (daughter of Hélie Vicomte
de Durfort and of his wife, née Antoinette de Riquet de Caraman). He is
survived by his wife Hélène, née Boulard de Gatellier.] (added 31 Aug 2003)
Comte Joseph de Cathélinau died on 11 October.
[He was born at Paris on 13 February 1929, son of Comte Roger de Cathélinau and
of his wife, née Solange de Durfort Civrac de Lorge (herself the daughter of
Comte Guillaume de Durfort Civrac de Lorge and of his wife, née Marie de
Chauvelin). He married in 1951 Françoise Bécue. They had four chldren.] (added 17 Oct 2003)
Henri Marie Léon, Marquis de Rolland Dalon, died on 2 December.
[He was born in Paris on 28 May 1924, son of Comte Jacques de Rolland-Dalon and
of his wife, née Anne Jeanne Marie Budes de Guébriant (herself the daughter of
Comte Alain Casimir Budes de Guébriant (1852-1931) and of his wife, née Léonie
de Durfort Civrac de Lorge (1858-1949), sister of Louis, Duc de Lorge
(1861-1912)). In 1952 he married Anne du Fresne de Beaucourt. They had seven
children: Marie (1952); Françoise (1954); Hélène (1958); Solange (1960);
Jacques (1960) now Marquis de Rolland-Dalon, married to Catherine Lafitte, they
have three children; Comte Charles de Rolland-Dalon (1962), who has one child
by his wife, née Claire Martin de Baudinière; Chantal (1966).] (added 7 Dec 2003)
Roland de Penfentenyo de Kervéréguin (b.1954, son of Jehan de Penfentenyo de Kervéréguin and of his second wife, née Louise d'Aigneaux [herself the daughter of Comte Henri d'Aigneaux (himself the son of Comte Ludger d'Aigneaux and of his wife, née Louise de Durfort Civrac de Lorge)]) died on 28 December. (added 31 Jan 2004)
The forthcoming marriage was announced between Loïc Erwan de Coatgoureden
(b.1974, son of vicomte Guy de Coatgoureden and of his wife, née Marie-Caroline
Denoix de Saint-Marc) and Laure d'Anthoüard de Wasservas (b.Paris 9 Sep
1978, daughter of comte Michel d'Anthoüard de Wasservas and of his wife, née
Marie-Edmée de Durfort Civrac de Lorge). The banns were published in Paris on
14 November. (added 21 Nov 2003)
ESTREMERA
Posted by Emilien Galmiche on Royauté: ABC announces the death yesterday
(June 27) of its journalist Clara Isabel de Bustos, specialist in the royal
family and author of a biography of the infante Elena. Daughter of Iván de
Bustos y Téllez-Girón, Duke of Estremera, and María del Rosario Marín
Fernández, she had been born on February 20, 1965. She had married on March 17,
1993 Ramón Pérez-Maura García, deputy manager of ABC and author of a biography
of Otto de Habsbourg and another of Siméon of Bulgaria. Sister of the current
Duchess of Estremera, she was related to the husband of the Duchess of
Ansola (added 29 Jun 2003)
FALCÓ
Donna Emilia Falcó, Marquesa de Oyra, née Carrión y Santa Marina, died in
Madrid on 28 March.
[She was born in Milan on 27 March 1911, the daughter of Enrique Carrión y
Vecin, Marqués de Melin, and of his wife, née Aurelia de Santa Marina y Romero.
In 1932 she married Don José Falcó y Alvarez de Toledo, Conde de Elda (second
son of Manuel Falcó y Osorio, Duque de Fernán-Núñez, and of his wife, née
Silvia Alvarez de Toledo y Gutierrez de la Concha). They had one son: Enrique,
Marqués de Melin (b.1933), who in turn has two children: Enrique and Carmen.] (added 1 Apr 2003)
Fernando Falcó y Fernández de Córdoba, Marquès de Cubas (b.1939, son
of Manuel, Duque de Montellano and of his wife, née Hilda Fernández de Córdoba
y Mariátegui) married Esther Koplowitz, Marquesa de Casa Penalver in Ruidera
on 7 June. This was his second marriage. (added
25 Jul 2003)
FAUCIGNY-LUCINGE
Comte Rasse-Arnould de Liedekerke-Beaufort died at Paris on 10 February.
[He was born at Paris on 4 Feb 1951, son of Comte Christian Pierre René de
Liedekerke-Beaufort (1927-1992) and of his first wife, née Nicole Marie
Cathérine Delsaux. In 1971 he married Gwénola du Couëdic de Kérérant (daughter
of Olivier Marie Georges du Couëdic de Kérérant (1928-1993) and of his wife,
née Oneida Marie Charlotte Béatrix Hélène d'Andigné [herself the daughter of
Charles Comte d'Andigné (1902-1977) and of his wife, née Princess Françoise
Marie Thérèse Jeanne de Faucigny-Lucinge (1908-1996)]) He is survived by her
and by their two children: Oneida Nicole Dorothée Marie, b.1982; and Adrien
Christian Hervé Marie, b.1987]. (added 15 Feb
2003)
François Hennessy and his wife, née Pauline Winifred Dreyfus
(daughter of Tony Charles Louis Dreyfus and of his wife, née Françoise Marie
Aymone Fabre-Luce [herself the daughter of Alfred Fabre-Luce and of his wife,
née Princess Charlotte Marie Françoise de Faucigny-Lucinge]), had their
third child, Aymone, at Paris on 5 September. (added
14 Sep 2003)
FERRARA PIGNATELLI
Donna Melissa Ferrara Pignatelli dei Principi di Strongoli (b.1977,
elder daughter of Don Ferdinando Ferrara Pignatelli di Strongoli and of his
wife, née Marina Ghella) married Conte Vincenzo Malenchini in June. (added 25 Jul 2003)
GALITZINE
Princess Alexandra Yurievna Galiztine (daughter of Prince Yuri Nikolaevich
Galitzine (1919-2002) and of his first wife, née Constance Irene Higginson) died
in London on 16 February.
[She had married Leszek Juliusz Stanislaw Nowicki in 1981, and had one son,
Misha. She had suffered from MS for a long time.] (added
21 Feb 2003)
Prince Gregory Yurievich Galitzine (son of Prince Yuri Nikolaevich Galitzine (1919-2002) and of his second wife, née Sheilagh Sanford-Johnson) married Dr Svetlana V Rutter (daughter of the late Dr Vladimir Permyakov and of Dr Kira Permyakova) in London on 1 February. (added 4 Mar 2003)
Prince Gregory Yurievich Galitzine and his wife, Svetlana (see above) had their first child, Maria Catherine, at The John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, on 10 June. (added 21 Jun 2003)
Prince Nikita Sergeievich Galitzine died at Victoria, B.C., on 24 August.
[He was born at Doljik on 15 February 1912, son of Prince Sergei Dimitrievich
Galitzine and of his first wife, née Countess Zoë O'Rourke. In 1949 he married
Blanche Eve Marion Pryor (1908-1993). He is survived by their son, Paul, and
two grandchildren.] (added 11 Apr 2004)
Princess Sophie Galitzine (daughter of Prince Alexandre Galitzine and
of his wfirst wife, née Marie-Claude Louise Montavon) and her companion,
Frank Perrollaz, had their second child, Elsa, on 12 December.
[Their first child, Axel Claude Perrollaz, was born 6 October 2000.] (added 11 Apr 2004)
The engagement was announced, 29 April, 2003, between Nicholas Meade
(b.1969, only son of John Michael Meade, scion of the Earls of Clanwilliam, and
of his wife, née Princess Valentina Galitzine [herself the daughter of Prince
Nikolai Galitzine (1879-1958) and of his wife, née Countess Irina Tatistchev]) and
Mirona Harabor (daughter of Ioan Harabor, of Bucharest, and of the late Mrs
Herta Harabor). (added 29 Apr 2003)
GHIKA
Prince Christopher Ghika (son of Prince John Ghika, for whose death see below) married Clare Allanson (daughter of Christopher Allanson) on 19 July. (added 27 Sep 2003)
Brigadier Prince John Ghika, CBE, died on 2 August.
[He was born in Bucharest on 28 July 1928, son of Prince Dimitri
Ghika-Comanesti and of his wife, née Princess Valentine Bibesco. He had married
the former Judy Davidson-Smith (b.1938) and had two sons: Christopher and
Jean.] (added 7 Aug 2003)
Lady Roderic Gordon died on 28 August.
[She was born Joana Alexandra (called "Baroness" in Burke's),
daughter of Ion Bijoiu, of Bucharest. She married firstly Prince Serban Ghika,
and secondly the Chevalier de Stuers, and then, thirdly, in 1949, Lord Roderic
Gordon (1914-1997).] (added 3 Sep 2003)
GRAFTON
Jeremy Christopher Sandford, author and farmer (he wrote the
controversial TV play "Cathy Come Home" in 1967, and "Up the
Junction" and "Poor Cow" etc), died on 12 May.
[He was son of Christopher Sandford of Eye Manor, Leominster. In 1957 he
married Nell Mary Dunn, daughter of Sir Philip Gordon Dunn, 2nd Bt. (1905-1976)
and of his wife, née Lady Mary Sybil St.Clair-Erskine (daughter of James
Francis Harry St.Clair-Erskine, 5th Earl of Rosslyn [himself the son of Francis
Robert St.Clair-Erskine, 4th Earl of Rosslyn, and of his wife, née Blanche
Adeliza Fitzroy (of the Dukes of Grafton)], and of his third wife, née Vera
Mary Bayley). They divorced in 1979. (added 17
May 2003)
Alice Cassia Threipland (daughter of Stuart Murray William Threipland
and of his former wife, née Belinda Mary Musker [herself the daughter of the
late Anthony Dermot Melloney Musker and of his wife, Hon. Mary Angela Fitzroy,
of the Viscounts Daventry and of the Dukes of Grafton]) married Hugo G.
Smith-Bingham (youngest son of Charles Smith-Bingham (b. 1931) (of
Smith-Bingham of Mickleton Manor) and Mrs Jennifer Smith-Bingham) at
Dunbeath Ross Church, Caithness, on 7 June. (added
The engagement was announced 10 April, 2003, between Christopher Michael
David Thomson, (b.1970, second son of Sir [Frederick Douglas] David
Thomson, 3rd Baronet, of Holylee, Walkerburn, Peeblesshire, and of his former
wife, née Caroline Anne Lewis [now Mrs James Denison-Pender, of the Barons
Pender, of Glenbrook House, Balerno, Midlothian, and daughter of Maj Timothy
Stuart Lewis, Royal Scots Greys, by his wife the Hon. Lucia Anne FitzRoy
Newdegate, sister of the 3rd Viscount Daventry]) and Jo Henderson, daughter
of Mr and Mrs Ronald Henderson, of Warrington, Cheshire. (added
GRAMONT
Jean Pierre Mahot de la Quérantonnais died on 5 June.
[He was born at
Antoine, Duc de Gramont et Prince de Bidache, married Catherine Forget in
Paris on 11 October. (added 29 Oct 2003)
HAMILTON & BRANDON
Evelyn Daphne Boardman, née Douglas-Hamilton, died on 16 January.
[She was born at Alexandria on 19 July 1916, daughter of Claud Archibald Aubrey
Douglas-Hamilton (1889-1961) [of the Dukes of Hamilton and Brandon] and of his
wife, née Evelyn Addison Chater. In 1940 she married Jack Rawlins (d.1946).
Then, in 1956, she married Hedley Boardman. Her death notice describes her as
the mother of Michael and Christopher, and does not mention that her husband
survived her, so presumably he predeceased her.]
Clodagh Pamela, Lady Lever, died on 10 May.
[She was born on 15 Jul 1908, daughter of Hon. Malcolm Bowes-Lyon (1874-1957)
and of his wife, née Winifred Gurdon-Rebow. In 1931 she married Lord Malcolm
Avondale Douglas-Hamilton (1909-1964), son of Alfred, 13th Duke of Hamilton and
Brandon (1862-1940). They divorced in 1952. In 1962 she married Sir Tresham
Joseph Philip Lever, 2nd Bt. (1900-1975). She had two sons and two daughters by
her first marriage.] (added 14 May 2003)
The engagement was announced 29 September, 2003, between Brendan Thomas
Douglas-Hamilton (b.1974, only son of the late Lord Hugh Malcolm
Douglas-Hamilton [himself the third son of Douglas Douglas Hamilton, 14th Duke
of Hamilton and Brandon] and of his first wife, née June Mary Curtis) and Josephine
A. de Chair (daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Dudley Gordon de Chair, of
Tulloch, Inverness-shire, and Mrs de Chair.)
HARCOURT
Antoine Henri de Rochechouart (son of Comte Charles Louis de Rochechouart and of his wife, née Jacqueline du Fresne de Virel) and his wife, née Ariane d'Harcourt (daughter of Comte Louis Marc Marie Joseph d'Harcourt and of his wife, née Thérèse de Sesmaisons), had their fourth child, Diane, on 30 January. (added 20 May 2003)
Baron Gilbert de Laitre died on 6 February.
[He was son of Baron Bernard de Laitre and of his wife, née Paule de Dalmas. He
married Marie-Alix Clérel de Tocqueville (daughter of Jean Clérel Comte de
Tocqueville (1896-1974) and of his wife, née Marie Louise d'Harcourt
(1911-1985) [herself the daughter of Charles Félix Marie Comte d'Harcourt and
of his wife, née Princess Henriette de Beauvau Craon]). (added 9 Feb 2003)
Tanguy le Gouellec de Schwarz and his wife, née Claire Albert (daughter of John Ian Fenwick Albert and of his wife, née Anne Chantal Marie Pierre Gabrielle d'Harcourt [herself the daughter of Comte Emmanuel Amédée Maurice d'Harcourt and of his wife, née Alix Louise Marie de Vogüé]) had their first child, Sophie, on 22 February. (added 16 Mar 2003)
Denis Mestrallet and his wife, née Anne-Claire d'Harcourt (daughter
of Comte Robert d'Harcourt and of his wife, née Annaig de Rohan-Chabot) had
twins: Gabrielle and Thomas, on 27 February.
[They had already two children: Laetitia (b.1998) and Baudoin (b.2000).] (added 16 Mar 2003)
Sabine d'Harcourt (daughter of Comte Armand d'Harcourt (1883-1975) and of his wife, née Renée de Fénelon (1892-1974)) died at Paris on 3 March. (added 5 Mar 2003)
Comte Pierre Thibaut Marie de Kergorlay died at Paris on 22 March.
[He was born at Paris on 22 Jul 1921, son of Comte Charles-Louis Marie François
de Kergorlay (1887-1959) (himself the son of Comte Louis Jean Octave de
Kergorlay (1851-1921) and of his wife, née Marie Brigitte Hélène de La
Rochefoucauld (1857-1933)) and of his wife, née Claude d'Albon (herself the
daughter of André Marquis d'Albon (1866-1912) and of his wife, née Yolande de
Nettancourt-Vaubecourt (1871-1952). In 1951 he married Alix Emmanuelle Marie
d'Harcourt (daughter of Comte Philippe d'Harcourt and of his wife, née Anne des
Réaulx. He is survived by her, their five children, and at least eleven
grandchildren.] (added 25 Mar 2003)
Sebastian Graf von Westphalen zu Fürstenberg (son of Giesbert Graf von Westphalen zu Fürstenberg and of his wife, née Elma Freiin von Fürstenberg) and his wife, née Vinciane d'Harcourt (daughter of Comte Philippe-Henri d'Harcourt and of his wife, née Marie-Solange d'Harcourt) had their first child, Nicodème, on 12 May. (added 27 Sep 2003)
Emmanuelle Marie Dominique Isabelle de Warren (daughter of William, Comte de Warren [himself the son of Marc Marie Edouard, Comte de Warren, and of his wife, née Gabrielle Renée Humberte Mathilde d'Harcourt d'Olonde], and of his wife, née Dominique Lamy) became engaged to be married Frédéric Franklin Mougenot. The banns were published at Paris on 1 April, and the marriage will apparently take place on 20 June. (updated 15 Jun 2003)
Comte Jean-Stanislas du Réau de La Gaignonnière (son of Comte Axel du Réau de La Gaignonnière and of his wife, née Sophie d'Harcourt [herself the daughter of Comte Anne-Pierre d'Harcourt and of his first wife, née Florence Deville]) married Marie-Caroline Dubel (daughter of Thierry Dubel and of his wife, née Marie-Odile Brutschi) at Mayenne on 28 June. (added 11 Jul 2003)
Comte Bernard d'Harcourt (son of Comte Philippe-Henri d'Harcourt and of his wife, née Marie-Solange d'Harcourt) and his wife, née Alexandra de La Motte Rouge, had their first child, Andéol, on 16 July. (added 27 Sep 2003)
Rodolphe d'Arjuzon (son of Vicomte Antoine d'Arjuzon and of his wife, née Hélène de Warren [herself the daughter of Comte Marc de Warren and of his wife, née Gabrielle d'Harcourt]) became engaged to marry Helen Fletcher. (added 20 May 2003)
Emmanuelle d'Harcourt (b.1976, daughter of Comte Arnoult d'Harcourt and of his wife, née Jeanne Marie d'Harcourt) married Michel Marc Marie Benoist-Gironière (son of the late Yvonnic Benoist-Gironière and of his wife, née Cécile Guillon de Princé). (updated 20 Sep 2003)
Comte Jean-Marc d'Harcourt (son of Comte Louis d'Harcourt and of his wife, née Thérèse de Sesmaisons) and his wife, née Priscille de Reydet de Vulpillières, had their third child, Zoé, on 23 September. (updated 21 Nov 2003)
Alain de Thomasson (son of Michel de Thomasson and of his wife, née Beatrix de Ayala) and his wife, née Marie-Amélia du Bessey de Contenson (daughter of Comte Hubert du Bessey de Contenson and of his wife, née Edith Chantal Marie de Taisne de Raymonval [herself the daughter of Baron Charles Stanislas de Taisne de Raymonval and of his wife, née Nicole d'Harcourt]), had their first child, Laure, on 28 November. (added 17 May 2004)
The engagement was announced between Adeline d'Harcourt (daughter of Comte Amédée-Bernard d'Harcourt and of his wife, née Marie Christine du Bessey de Contenson) and Comte François de Gassart (son of Comte Alain de Gassart and of his wife, née Véronique de Mathan). (added 29 Sep 2003)
The engagement was announced between Ghislaine de Caffarelli (daughter of Jean-Philippe de Caffarelli and of his wife, née Isabelle Le Sergeant d'Hendecourt [herself the daughter of Edward Le Sergeant d'Hendrecourt and of his wife, née Marthe d'Harcourt (herself the daughter of Comte Robert d'Harcourt and of his wife, née Ghislaine de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay)]) and Denis Mathelon (son of Marc-Michel Mathelon and of his wife). (added 17 Oct 2003)
Count Axel d’Harcourt (son of Count Louis Marc d’Harcourt and of his wife, née Thérèse de Sesmaisons) is engaged to marry Countess Marie Daphné Nathalie Ghislaine de Beauffort (b.Hammersmith 15 Jul 1973, daughter of Count Olivier de Beauffort and of his wife, née Countess Véronique de T’Serclaes). (added 28 Nov 2003)
The engagement was announced between Comte Jean-Hugues d'Harcourt (son of Comte Georges d'Harcourt and of his wife, née Isabelle Jouan de Kervenoael) and Isabelle d'Arlot de Cumond (daughter of Comte Louis d'Arlot de Cumond and of his wife, née Gilda de Laubespin). (added 13 Dec 2003)
Florent de Warren (son of Comte Bertrand de Warren [himself the son
of Comte Marc de Warren and of his wife, née Gabrielle d'Harcourt] and of his
wife, née Isabelle de Saporta) married Sothy Prem (daughter of Yoeuk
Prem and of his wife, née Sokun Ruos) at Siem Reap, Cambodia, on 27 and 28
December. (added 5 Jul 2004)
HOHENBERG
Prince Stephan von Hohenberg (son of Prince Johannes von Hohenberg
and of his wife, née Elisabeth Meilinger-Rehrl) and his wife, née Leonie von
Kloss (daughter of Johannes von Kloss [himself a grandson of the marriage
of Alfons von Kloss (1880-1953) and of the Archduchess Eleonora of Austria
(1886-1974)] and of his wife, née Veronika Hofmann), had their first child,
a daughter, at Salzburg, shortly before 11 January 2003, when it was
reported in the Salburger Nachrichten.
IMPERIALI
Sir Peter Saunders, Kt (b. 23 Nov 1911) died on 6 February, aged 91.
[His second wife, from 1979, was Donna Catherine Irene Helen [Katie Boyle, the
broadcaster], former wife of the 9th Earl of
Shannon, and daughter of the Marchese Demetrio Imperiali di Francavilla.] (added 9 Feb 2003)
Count Bernard-Henri d'Oultremont (son of Count Eric d'Oultremont [himself the son of Count Paul d'Oultremont and of his wife, née Countess Madeleine Marie Joséphine Henriette d'Ursel] and of his wife, née Isabelle Andrée Geneviève Christine Imperiali dei Principi di Francavilla) and his wife, née Li Hsin-Hélène Tsien, had their third child, Alexian, on 6 April. (added 20 Apr 2003)
Donna Severa Imperiali dei principi di Francavilla (daughter of Don Andrea Imperiali dei principi di Francavilla [himself the son of Don Cristiano Imperiali and of his wife, née Donna Maria Concetta Pignatelli dei principi di Monteroduni] and of his wife, née Countess Eleonora Pignatti Morano di Custoza ) became engaged to Mr. Matthew Hunter Hurlock (son of James Bickford Hurlock and of his wife, neè Margareth Lyn Holding). The marriage will take place in June in Rome. (added 6 Mar 2003)
Daphné Domitille Anne Geneviève Marie Jeanne de Montpellier d'Annevoie (b.1978, daughter of Marc de Montpleiier d'Annevoie and of his wife, née Anne Imperiali dei Principi di Francavilla) is engaged to marry Cyril de Rochefort (b.1976, son of Jacques de Rochefort and of his wife, née Thérèse de Lajudie). (added 25 May 2003)
The engagement was announced between Comte Jacquelin d'Oultremont
(son of Comte Eric d'Oultremont [himself the son of Comte Paul d'Oultremont and
of his wife, née Countess Madeleine d'Ursel] and of his wife, née Isabelle
Imperiali dei Principi di Francavilla) and Isaline Desclée de Maredsous.
(added 17 Oct 2003)
KINSKY
Peter Graf Schall-Riaucour died in February.
[He was born at Vienna 6 Nov 1923, second son of Carl Andreas Otto Rudolf
Emmerich maria Graf Schall-Riaucour and of his wife, née Elisabeth Freiin von
Pfaffenhofen-Chledowski (herself the daughter of Casimir Freiherr von
Pfaffenhofen- Chledowski and of his wife, née Elisabeth Gräfin Kinsky von
Wchinitz und Tettau). In 1955 he married Anita Hielacher, and they had one son:
Peter Carl Friedrich Achilles (b.1961).] (added
17 Feb 2003)
Count Vaclav Dobrzensky von Dobrzenicz (b.Pottenstein 9 Oct 1943, son
of Count Franz Spiridion Heinrich Anton Georg Kunata Hubertus Maria Quasimodo
Dobrzensky von Dobrzenicz (1915-1978) and of his first wife, née Countess
Eugenie Klothilde Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (of the non-princely line of
that family)) died at Rome on 8 May.
[He was married in Bogota in 1970 to Maria Christina de Montalvo, who survives
him.] (added 10 May 2003)
La CONQUISTA
According to news from Lluis Sanz Garcia, the Duquesa de la Conquista,
doña María Milagros Huerta Ereñaga (b.Bilbao 9 Sep 1941) died at Madrid
on 7 June.
[She had married at Bilbao on 4 Jun 1966 Alfonso de Egaña Azúa, 9th vizconde de
la Frontera and 5th Duque de la Conquista (b.San Sebastian 2 Sep 1930). They
had two children: Alfonso, b.Bilbao 22 Feb 1967, m.Esther Marin with two
children: Álvaro and Juan; and María Almudena, b.Madrid 4 Dec 1958, m.Jaime
Porras, with two children: Jaime et Clara.] (added
20 Jun 2003)
LANNES DE MONTEBELLO
Christophe Bonnafous and his wife, née Nathalie de Fraguier (daughter of Hanri de Fraguier and of his wife, née Joëlle Lannes de Montebello), had their second child, Paul-Mattéo, on 30 May. (added 1 Jun 2003)
Pauline de La Villejégu, née de Proyart de Baillescourt, died on 12 May.
[She was daughter of the Comte de Proyart de Baillescourt and of his wife, née
Jacqueline Aymé de La Chevrelière (daughter of Jacques, Baron de La
Chevrelière, and of his wife, née Marie-Magdeleine Lannes de Montebello). She
was married to Thierry Durand de La Villejégu du Fresnay (son of Alain de La
Villejégu and of hs wife, née Lilianne Braïda). They had five children:
Marie-Maëlle (b.1987), Félicité (b.1990), Rose (predeceased her), Aimé
(b.1994), and Martin (b.1997).] (added 1 Jun
2003)
Baron Michel Jean Marie François Kirgener de Planta died on 22 November.
[He was born at Appilly on 19 September 1931, son of François Kirgener, 4th
Baron de Planta (1886-1967), and of his wife, née Mathilde du Cauzé de Nazelle
((1892-1970), herself the daughter of Ehrard de Cauzé, Marquis de Nazelle, and
of his wife, née Ellen Werlé [herself the daughter of Comte Alfred Werlé and of
his wife, née Mathilde Lannes de Montebello]). In 1960 he married Marie-Laure
Goranflaux de La Giraudière (daughter of Raymond Goranflaux de La Giraudière
and of his wife, née Nicole Bouchon. They had one son: Pierre (b.1966), married
to Valérie de Montéty, and they have three children: Antoine, Albéric, and
Apolline.] (added 28 Nov 2003)
La ROCHEFOUCAULD
Armand, Marquis de Vasselot de Régné, died on 1 March.
[He was born at St-Cyr 12 August 1919, son of Gaston, Marquis de Vasselot de
Régné, and of his wife, née Chantal de Cugnac. In 1941 he married Jeanne Marie
Françoise Michelle de Curel, daughter of Marie Albert Louis Charles de Curel
and of his wife, née Marie Louise Françoise de La Rochefoucauld (herself the
daughter of Alexandre Jules Paul Philippe François de La Rochefoucauld, Duc
d'Estissac, and of his wife, née Jeanne Virginie Victorienne de Rochechouart de
Mortemart). They had eleven children and many grandchildren.] (added 5 Mar 2003)
Charles Jouslin de Pisseloup de Noray and his wife, née Gwénola de La Rochefoucauld (daughter of Comte Aimery de La Rochefoucauld and of his wife, née Yannick du Bois-Jagu de La Villerabel) had their first child, Artus, on 11 March. (added 16 Mar 2003)
Bruno Flesselles and his wife, née Laure de Montrichard (daughter of
Comte Christian Marie Gabriel René de Montrichard and of his wife, née Madeleine
Thérèse Nathalie Ghislaine de La Rochefoucauld) had their first child
together, Gabrielle, on 26 May.
[Laure has a son, Louis-Aymon, from her first marriage to Alexandre-Jihad
Harkous.] (added 30 Aug 2003)
Comte Eric de La Rochefoucauld (son of Comte Christian de La Rochefoucauld and of his wife, née Véronique Humann-Guilleminot) married Domitille Destremau (daughter of Denis-Xavier Destremau and of his wife, née Marie-Antoinette de Ferrières de Sauveboeuf) in Mornay-sur-Allier in December. (updated 2 Jan 2004)
Anne-Laure de La Rochefoucauld (daughter of Comte Jacques de La Rochefoucauld and of his wife, née Béatrice Gilli) married Armand-Louis Antoine Renaud de Vienne (son of Comte Geoffroy de Vienne and of his wife, née Marie-Sibylle Rivet de Sabatier) at Versainville (Calvados) on 12 July. (updated 14 Jul 2003)
Comte Roland de Kergorlay (son of Comte Thibaud de Kergorlay [himself
the son of Comte Louis de Kergorlay and of his wife, née Marie Brigitte de La
Rochefoucauld] and of his wife, née Comtesse Simone de Liedekerke Beaufort) died
on 30 July.
[He was born in 1926 and was married to Lavinia zur Nedden, leaving one
daughter, Elisabeth.] (added 4 Aug 2003)
Comte Thibault de Virieu (son of Comte Wilfrid de Virieu and of his wife, Elisabeth de La Rochefoucauld) and his wife, Countess Sylviane de Looz-Corswarem, had their second child, Sophie, on 20 December. (added 25 Jan 2004)
The engagement was announced between Amélie de Vasselot de Régné (daughter of Philippe de Vasselot de Régné [himself the son of Armand, Marquis de Vasselot de Régné and of his wife, née Jeanne Marie Françoise Michelle de Curel (herself the daughter of Marie Albert Louis Charles de Curel and of his wife, née Marie Louise Françoise de La Rochefoucauld] and of his wife, née Patricia Huon de Kermadec) and Charles-Henry Rey (son of Marc-Henry Rey and of his wife, née Chantal Michel de Roissy). (added 24 Oct 2003)
The engagement was announced between Comte Jean de La Rochefoucauld (son of Comte Robert de La Rochefoucauld and of his wife, née Bernadette Emé de Marcieu de Gontaut-Biron) and Rana Saba (daughter of Maurice Saba and of his wife, née Marie-Claire Hovaguimian). (added 7 Dec 2003)
The engagement was announced between Comte Hubert de La Rochefoucauld
(son of Comte Pierre de La Rochefoucauld and of his wife, née Géline de
Saporta) and Céline Marie Michelle Lesauvage (b.1974, daughter of Eugène
Lesauvage and of his wife, née Marina Mitaranga). (added
22 Dec 2003)
LA TOUR d'AUVERGNE-LAURAGUAIS
Arielle de La Tour d'Auvergne-Lauraguais (daughter of Georges-Henri
de La Tour d'Auvergne-Lauraguais [himself the son of Charles-Louis, Prince de
La Tour d'Auvergne-Lauraguais, and of his wife, née Elisabeth Berthier de
Wagram] and of his wife, née Marie-Solange Picot de Moras d'Aligny) married
Hervé Borne (son of Serge Borne and of his wife, née Francine Bonnet) at
Saint-Paulet in August. (added 13 Sep 2003)
LEEDS
Rosemary, Viscountess Chaplin, died on 21 October.
[She was born on 30 May 1922, daughter of Oliver Lyttelton, Viscount Chandos,
and of his wife, née Lady Moira Osborne [herself the daughter of the 10th Duke
of Leeds]. In 1951 she married Anthony Freskin Charles Hamby Chaplin, 3rd
Viscount Chaplin (1906-1981), by whom she had two daughters.] (added 29 Oct 2003)
LEINSTER
Brigadier Denis Henry FitzGerald, DSO, OBE, late the Irish Guards,
(b.1911, son of Lord Henry Fitzgerald [himself the twelfth of fifteen children
of Charles William, 4th Duke of Leinster, and of his wife, née Lady Caroline
Sutherland-Leveson-Gower] and of his wife, née Inez Charotte Grace Boteler) died
on 25 May. (added 31 May 2003)
LIEVEN
Princess Louise Marie Lieven, née von Dziengel, died in Toronto on 18
November.
[She was born at Riga on 4 June 1913, daughter of Oskar Ludwig von Dziengel and
of his wfie, née Dorothea Kanter. In 1978, in Toronto,she married, as his
second wife, Prince Carl Johann Christophe Lieven, who predeceased her. No
children came from this marriage, but she is survived by a stepdaughter, Xenia,
Baroness von Rosen.] (added 23 Nov 2003)
LIGNE
Thérèse, Comtesse Bernard de Lambilly, née Jousseaume de La Bretesche,
died at Lambilly on 9 January.
[She was born at Bitche on 25 Oct 1932, the daughter of Comte Louis Jousseaume
de La Bretesche and of his wife, née Louise de Moustier (herself the daughter
of Leonel, Marquis de Moustier, and of his wife, Princess Jeanne de Ligne). She
married Comte Bernard de Lambilly in 1955.]
Countess Diane-Régine-Aline-Marie-Ghislaine de Lannoy (b.1928, daughter of Count Paul de Lannoy (1898-1980) and of his wife, née Princess Marie Charlotte Béatrice de Ligne (1898-1982)) died at Anvaing on 3 March. (added 8 Mar 2003)
Comte Jehan de Lannoy (son of Comte Philippe de Lannoy [himself the son of Comte Paul de Lannoy and of his wife, née Princess Béatrice de Ligne] and of his wife, née Alix della Faille de Leverghem) and his wife, née Beatrice Spates, had their second child, Louise, on 4 May. (added 11 Jan 2004)
Jean-Charles de le Court and his wife, née Comtesse Isabelle de Lannoy (daughter of Comte Philippe de Lannoy [himself the son of Comte Paul de Lannoy and of his wife, née Princess Béatrice de Ligne] and of his wife, née Alix della Faille de Leverghem) had their first child, Isaure, on 6 June. (added 11 Jan 2004)
Anne-Charlotte de Chabannes (daughter of Alain Comte de Chabannes
[himself a grandson of Henri, Marquis de Chabannes, and of his wife, née Mahaut
de Béthune (of the Princes de Béthune-Hesdigneul)] and of his wife, née
Philippine de Chabot-Tramecourt [herself the daughter of Renaud Vicomte de
Chabot-Tramecourt (himself the son of Robert Vicomte de Chabot-Tramecourt and
of his wife, née Princess Henriette de Ligne) and of his wife, née Clotilde de
Chabot-Tramecourt]) is engaged to marry Tanguy Hermanns (son of Philippe
Hermanns and of his wife, née Claire Le Fèvere de Ten Hove). (added 1 Jul 2003)
LODI
Donna Maria dei conti Radice Fossati (daughter of the late Count
Carlo Radice Fossati and of the late Nobile Carolina Confalonieri) died in
Milan on 9 January 2003.
[She was born in 1908 and was widow from 1994 of Don Gian Paolo Melzi d'Eril
dei duchi di Lodi. They had a son, Don Gian Carlo (b.1948) and a daughter,
Donna Maria Isabella (1950-2001, see Royal News 2001, Section III). (added 20 Jun 2003)
LOULÉ
Alberto Nuno Carlos Rita Feyo Folque de Mendoca Rolim de Mourra Barreto,
4th Duque de Loulé, 4th Marques de Loulé, 12th Conde de Vale de Reis, died on
24 September.
[He was born at Lisbon on 10 July 1923, son of José Pedro de Bastos Feio Folque
(1888-1969) and of his wife, Costança Berquo de Mendoça, Duquesa de Loulé
(1889-1965), herself descended from the marriage of Nuno de Mendoça, Duque de
Loulé (1804-1875) with the Infanta Anna de Jesus Maria of Portugal (1806-1857).
In 1953 he married Maria Augusta de Morais Cardoso de Menezes (herself
descended from King Louis XV of France). They had eight children. The Duque had
resigned his ducal title to his eldest son, Pedro, before his death. Pedro now
succeeds to all his father's titles.] (added 27
Sep 2003)
LUBOMIRSKI
Prince Andrzej Lubomirski (b.Uhersko 22 Oct 1011, son of Prince
Kazimierz Lubomirski and of his wife, née Countess Teresa Wodzicka) died at
São Paulo on 25 November. (added 23 Apr 2004)
MAGENTA
Jean-Alain Ratiaray and his wife, née Isabelle Jaboulet-Vercherre (daughter of Pierre Jaboulet-Vercherre and of his wife, née Véronique de Mac Mahon [herself the daughter of Maurice de Mac Mahon, Duc de Magenta (1903-1954) and of his wife, née Marguerite de Riquet, Comtesse de Chimay et de Caraman (1913-1990)]) had their first child, Ulysse. (added 10 Mar 2003)
Comtesse Anne de Mac Mahon died on 11 April.
[She was born in 1941, third child of Maurice de Mac Mahon, Duc de Magenta
(1903-1954) and of his wife, née Comtesse Marguerite de Caraman-Chimay
(1913-1990). In 1963 she married Baron Arnould Thénard. They divorced in 1985.
They had three sons.] (added 9 May 2003)
MAILLÉ de La TOUR-LANDRY
Paule Marie Ingrid de Laitre (b.1962, daughter of Baron Alain de
Laitre and of his wife, née Anne-Marie Le Bègue de Germiny [herself the
daughter of Comte Robert de Germiny and of his wife, née Aline de Grammont
(herself the daughter of Pierre, Marquis de Grammont, and of his wife, née
Jeanne-Marie de Maillé de La Tour-Landry, sister of the last Ducs de
Plaisance)]) is engaged to marry Bernard Yves Brossollet (son of Yves
Brossollet and of his wife, née Ariane Raytora). (added
14 Jun 2003)
MANCHESTER
Lady Ariel Keith died on 29 April.
[She was born in 1916, daughter of John Lawrence Baird, Viscount Stonehaven,
and of his wife, Ethel Sydney Keith-Falconer, Countess of Kintore (herself the
daughter of Algernon, 9th Earl of Kintore, and of his wife, née Lady Sydney Charlotte
Montagu [herself the daughter of the 6th Duke of Manchester]). In 1946 she
married Kenneth Alexander Keith, who was created Baron Keith of Castleacre in
1979. They divorced in 1958. She had two children.] (added 9 May 2003)
Biba, Duchess of Manchester, died on 11 October.
[She was born Biba Hiller, and married Angus Montagu, 12th Duke of Manchester
(1938-2002), in 2000. They divorced in 2001.] (added
29 Oct 2003)
MARCHENA
Marie Emma (Emanuella), Duquesa de Marchena, née Hawkins, died on 1 January.
[She was born at Manila on 7 December 1915. In 1935 she married John George
Walford, who succeeded his mother as Duque de Marchena in 1981. He was son of
Leopold Walford and of his wife, Maria Cristina de Borbón y de Muguiro, Duquesa
de Marchena (herself the daughter of Francisco de Borbón y de Borbón, Duque de
Marchena, by his wife, the Infanta Cristina of Spain).]
MARLBOROUGH
David Brounger and his wife, née Marina Spencer-Churchill (daughter
of Winston Spencer-Churchill [himself a grandson of Rt.Hon. Sir Winston
Spencer-Churchill] and of his first wife, née Mary d'Erlanger) had their
third child, Olivia Clementine, on 9 February.
[They had already two sons: Henry (b.1998) and William.] (added 15 Feb 2003)
Sir Francis Salwey William Winnington, of Stanford Court, 6th Baronet,
died on 26 April.
[He was born 24 Jun 1907, son of Francis Salwey Winnington (1881-1913) and of
his wife, née Blanche Emma Casberd-Boteler (d.1968), and grandson of Sir
Francis Salwey Winnington, 5th Bt. (1849-1931) and of his wife, née Jane
Spencer-Churchill (herself the daughter of Lord Alfred Spencer-Churchill, son
of the 6th Duke of Marlborough). In 1944 he married Anne Beryl Jane Drury-Lowe
(daughter of Lawrence Robert Charles Drury-Lowe and of his wife, née Beryl
Evelyn King). They had one daughter, Charmian Anne (b.1945).] (added 2 May 2003)
Randolph Leonard Spencer-Churchill (great-grandson of the late Sir Winston Churchill, himself the son of Lord Randolph Churchill) and his wife, née Catherine Lancaster, had their third child, Alice, on 28 April. (added 10 May 2003)
Robert Vere Spencer Bernard (b.1944, son of John Gray Churchill
Spencer Bernard [himself a direct male descendant of Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke
of Marlborough]) married at Nether Winchendon, Bucks, on 1 May, Mrs
Georgianna Sarah Preston, née Tomkins.
[He had married firstly in 1975 Katherine Montagu-Douglas-Scott (of the Dukes
of Buccleuch & Queensberry).] (added 2 May
2003)
Charles Edward Maurice Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, and his wife, née
Caroline Hutton, had their first child together, Edmund Charles, on 6 October.
[Earl Spencer has four children from his first marriage to Victoria Lockwood
(who herself just had a baby boy with Jonathan Aitken), and Caroline has two
children from her first marriage to Matthew Freud.] (updated 11 Oct 2003)
Lucy Douglas "C.Z." Guest, née Cochrane, socialite and
gardening writer, died at Old Westbury, New York, on 8 November.
[She was born at Boston, Massachusetts, 19 February, 1920, daughter of
Alexander Lynde Cochrane; she married in 1947, as his second wife, Capt.
Winston Frederick Churchill Guest, US Marines, a grandson of the 1st Baron
Wimborne by his wife Lady Cornelia Spencer-Churchill, daughter of the 7th Duke
of Marlborough. He died 1982; one son, one daughter.] (added 11 Nov 2003)
The engagement was announced 1 October, 2003, between Bartle B. Bull
(only son of Mr Bartle Bull and Belinda Breese, of New York) and Clementine
Silvia Hambro (b.1976, only daughter of Richard Alexander Hambro, of
Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, and of his first wife, the former Hon
Charlotte Clementine Soames (now Countess Peel, wife of of the 3rd Earl Peel,
of Masham, North Yorkshire).
[The bride-to-be was the tiny bridesmaid at the Royal Wedding in 1981, and is a
kinswoman of the bride, Lady Diana Spencer. Clementine's maternal grandmother,
Baroness Soames, DBE, is the last surviving child of the Rt Hon Sir Winston
Leonard Spencer Churchill, KG, OM, CH, FRS, &c., (of the Dukes of Marlborough).]
(added 4 Oct 2003)
MASSIMO
Vincenzo Galli Zugaro (son of Carlo Galli Zugaro [himself the son of
Enzio Barone Galli Zugaro and of his wife, née Dinna Fabiola Massimo dei
Principi di Roviano (herself the daughter of Don Fabrizio Massimo, Principe di
Roviano, and of his wife, Beatriz de Borbón, Infanta of Spain)] and of his
second wife, née Elizabeth Diane Fitzpatrick) and his wife, née Alegria
Pérez-Moscoso, had their first child, Lorenzo Carlo, in London on 10 February.
(added 27 May 2003)
MERODE
Prince Albert-Henri de Merode (b.Brussels 8 Sep 1975, son of Prince Charles-Louis de Merode and of his wife, née Countess Clotilde d'Oultremont) married Marie-Christine Gräfin von Soden-Fraunhofen (b.Landshut 8 Feb 1981, daughter of Heinrich Christoph Maria Michael Graf von Soden-Fraunhofen and of his wife, née Clarissa Gräfin Droste zu Vischering) at Alt-Fraunhofen on 20 July. (updated 2 Nov 2003)
Prince Philippe de Merode (son of Prince Baudouin de Merode and of
his first wife, née Elisabeth Budes de Guébriant) and his wife, née Florence
Cambier, had their second child, Elisabeth, on 6 October. (added 17 Oct 2003)
MESTCHERSKY
Mme Olga Mainetti, née Countess Olga Pavlovna Tolstoi, died on 13 March.
[She was born at Paris in 1930, daughter of Count Paul Nikolaevich Tolstoi
(himself the son of Count Nicholas Mikhailovich Tolstoi (1857-1915) and of his
wife, née Princess Maria Nikoalevna Mestchersky (1866-1948)) and of his wife,
né Irene Boleslavovna Krynsky. In 1951 she married Gérard Charles Mainetti.
They had two daughters.] (added 19 Mar 2003)
MILANO FRANCO D'ARAGONA
Don Gerolamo dei principi Milano Franco d'Aragona (son of Conte Don
Domenico Milano Franco d'Aragona (1888-1970) and of his wife, née Donna
Emilietta dei principi De Ferrari (1902-1991) died in November.
[He was born at Genoa on 20 February 1932. In 1967 he married Maria Vittoria
Brignano. They had no children.] (added 28 Nov
2003)
MIRANDA
Doña Fernanda Mendaro y Diosdado, Marquesa de Angulo and Marquesa de Casa
Mendaro, Duquesa de Miranda, died at Seville on 14 April.
[She was b.Seville 10 May 1914; She married there in 1940 Don Luis de Silva y
Azlor de Aragón, Duque de Miranda (1912-1999). They had a son (José Javier, 4th
Duque de Miranda) and a daughter.] (added 22 Apr
2003)
MONCADA
Don Francesco Moncada dei principi di Paternò (b.Rme 9 June 1967, son
of Don Giovanni Moncada dei Principi di Paternò and of his wife, née Joan
Whelan) married Marina Caprotti in London in September. (added 21 Nov 2003)
MONTENUOVO
Princess Julia Franziska Ilona Maria von Montenuovo died on 18 February.
[She was born at Budapest in 1930, daughter of Ferdinand Fürst von Montenuovo
and of his wife, née Baroness Ilona Solymossy. In 1950 she married Gyula Mathe
(1904-1976).] (added 22 Dec 2003)
Antal Graf Apponyi de Nagy-Appony died at the home of his son in England
on 29 March.
[He was born at Jablonicz on 16 Mar 1915, the son of Antal Graf Apponyi
((1883-1954), himself the son of Antal Graf Apponyi (1852-1920) and of his
wife, née Princess Maria von Montenuovo (1859-1911)) and of his wife, née Kate
Nelke (1893-1977). In 1941 he married Bertha Brooks and they had one son: Antal
(b.1942), who in turn has three daughters.] (added
6 Apr 2003)
MONTIGNANO
Donna Anna Maria Castelbarco Albani Visconti Simonetta dei Principi di
Montignano (daughter of Don Cesare Castelbarco Albani Visconti Simonetta,
Principe di Montignano (1896-1970) and of Donna Maria Rosaria dei Duchi
Visconti di Modrone (1896-1981)) died in Ferrara on 18 September.
[She was born in 1925 and married in 1944 Marchese Stefano Paolucci dei
Marchesi delle Roncole e di Santa Giustina, who survives her; they had no
children.] (added 13 Oct 2003)
MORTEMART
Armand de Saint Olive (b.1929, son of François de Saint Olive
(1902-1980) and of his wife, née Jeanne de Rochechouart-Mortemart (1906-1985)) died
on 19 January.
[In 1964 he married Béatrice d'Andigné (daughter of Charles, Comte d'Andigné
and of his wife, née Princess Françoise de Faucigny-Lucinge. She died in 1978.
He is survived by a son, two daughters, and five grandchildren.]
MURAT
Princess Caroline Marie Andre Paule Murat, Mrs von Hartz, died at Key
Biscayne, Florida, on 28 January.
[She was born at Paris on 3 Sep 1921, daughter of Joachim Napoléon, 6th Prince
Murat (1885-1938) and of his wife, née Louise Plantié (1891-1978). In 1945 she
married Robert von Hartz (though in the obituary in the Argentine newspaper
"La Nacción" of Sunday Feb 9 2003 he is named as Augustus W. von
Hartz) and had one son, August Glen von Hartz. He in turn married Maria
Alejandra Noir and has five children: Augusto, Tomás, Teresa, Armando Juan, and
Alejandro Glen.] (added 10 Feb 2003)
NÁJERA
Camilo Travesedo Julia (son of Juan Travesedo y Colón de Carvajal,
Duque de Nájera, Conde de Paredes de Nava, Conde de Oñate, and of his wife, née
Ana Maria Julia y Diez de Rivera) is engaged to marry Elena Fernández de
Casadevante Ramognino. (added 7 Jul 2003)
NOAILLES
The engagement was announced between Isaure Raindre (daughter of Guy
Raindre [himself the son of Jean Raindre and of his wife, née Geneviève de
Noailles] and of his wife, née Anne de Luppé) and Vicomte Etienne de La
Barre de Nanteuil (son of Comte Amaury de La Barre de Nanteuil and of his
wife, née Chantal de Romanet de Beaune). (added
22 Dec 2003)
NOCHERA
Admiral Carlo Ernesto Balbo Bertone, Conte di Sambuy, Duque de Nochera,
(son of Filippo Balbo Bertone dei conti di Sambuy (1879-1941) and of
Maria Alberta Engelfred (1886-1965)) died in Turin on 21 July.
[He bore the Spanish titles of Duque de Nochera and Marques de Castel Rodrigo
(with "Grandeza" of Spain for both titles), by Decree 28-5-1971 of
the late Head of the Spanish State. He was born in 1918 and married in 1948
Gabriella Wagnière (1925-1967) and 2ndly in 1971 the actress Laura Adani
(1913-1996), widow of Don Luigi Visconti di Modrone, Duca di Grazzano Visconti.
He leaves one son (Filippo) and one daughter (Cristina), by first wife.] (added 12 Sep 2003)
NORFOLK
The engagement was announced, 5 March, 2003, between Michael Mackay-Lewis (son of Mr and Mrs Jeremy Mackay-Lewis) and Flora Jane Buchanan-Jardine (b. 1971, daughter of [Charles] James Buchanan-Jardine, of the Buchanan-Jardine Baronets, by his first wife, née Lady Susan Ankaret Howard, [now Lady Susan de Meyer], daughter of the 11th Earl of Carlisle, scion of the House of Howard and Dukes of Norfolk). (added 5 Mar 2003)
Patrick Esmond James and his wife, née Natasha Anne Davidson (daughter of Duncan Henry Davidson [himself the son of Colin Keppel Davidson and of his wife, née Lady Mary Rachel Fitzalan-Howard (herself the daughter of the 15th Duke of Norfolk)]), had their second child, Bobby, on 23 March. (added 11 Apr 2003)
Lord Martin Fitzalan-Howard (son of Bernard Edward Fitzalan-Howard,
3rd Lord Howard of Glossop, and of his wife, Mona Josephine Tempest Stapleton,
11th Baroness Beaumont, and brother of the late 17th Duke of Norfolk) died
at home in York on 1 August.
[He was born in London on 22 Oct 1922. In 1948 he married Bridget Ann Keppel
(of the Earls of Albemarle). They had four daughters and a son.] (added 5 Aug 2003)
The engagement was announced 19 July, 2003, between Edward J.
Bridger-Stille (elder son of John Bridger, of Great Shelford, Cambridge,
and Mrs Priscilla Robinson, of Ealing, London) and Antonia Caroline
Howard-Sneyd (daughter of Thomas Howard-Sneyd, of London, scion of the
Dukes of Norfolk, and Mrs Serena West, of High Halden, Kent). (added 22 Jul 2003)
NORTHUMBERLAND
Lord James Percy (son of Hugh, 10th Duke of Northumberland (1914-1988) and of his wife, née Lady Elizabeth Montagu-Douglas-Scott) and his wife, née Lucy Caroline Rugge-Price, had their second child, Eliza Rose,on 21 February. (added 28 Feb 2003)
Justin St.Clair Hardy and his wife, née Larissa Anne Heber-Percy (daughter of the late Alan Cyril Heber-Percy [of the Dukes of Northumberland] and of his first wife, née Susan Mary Hornby [former wife of the Duke of Marlborough]) had their third son, Nicolai William Justin, on 15 May. (added 3 Jun 2003)
Eve Heber-Percy, née Robertson, died on 5 August, aged 82.
[She was the daughter of E R Robertson, of Ilkley, Yorkshire, and in 1940 she
married Group Capt John Heber-Percy, RAF, (1910-75), of the family of the Dukes
of Northumberland. They divorced in 1949.] (added
19 Aug 2003)
Sir Peter Ralph Leopold Walker-Okeover, 4th Bt., died in London on 6
November.
[He was born on 22 July 1947, son of Sir Ian Peter Andrew Monro Walker-Okeover,
3rd Bt., and of his wife, née Dorothy Elizabeth Heber-Percy (of the Dukes of
Northumberland). He was a godson of King Leopold III of the Belgians. He was
twice wed, firstly in 1972 (divorced 1991), to Catherine Mary Maule Ramsay,
descended from the Earls of Dalhousie, and secondly, in 1993, to Patricia
(Trisha) Margaret Sevier, daughter of Laurance Sanderson. He is survived by his
second wife, and two sons and a daughter from his first marriage.] (added 9 Nov 2003)
Mrs Ann Jennifer Evelyn Elizabeth Ross died in London on 10 December.
[She was born at London 29 March 1916, only child of Sir Geoffrey Storrs Fry,
1st Baronet, KCB, CVO (1888-1960), by his wife the Hon. Alathea Gardner,
daughter of the Baron Burghclere; she married 1stly, 11 July, 1942, Robert
Vernon
Heber-Percy (1911-87) scion of the Dukes of Northumberland; they had one
daughter, Victoria; marriage dissolved 1947; she married 2ndly, 1949 Alan Ross,
CBE, son of John Brackenridge Ross, CBE, (died 2001; one son, Jonathan;
marriage dissolved 1985).] (added 22 Dec 2003)
NOTARBATOLO
Ilaria Sartori (daughter of Prof. Giovanni Sartori and of Donna
Giovanna Paternò Castello dei marchesi di San Germano [herself daughter
of the late Don Antonino Paternò Castello, Marchese e Barone di San
Germano e Marchese di Capizzi and of the late Donna Maria Notarbatolo dei
Principi di Sciara) married Count Giuseppe Balduino (son of Count Cesare
Balduino and of Nicoletta Mazzei) at the private Chapel ot the Marquesses
Frescobaldi's estate "I Collazzi", around Florence on 14 June. (added 13 Oct 2003)
ODESCALCHI
Aydua Scott-Elliot, CVO, FSA, Keeper of the Prints & Drawings, Royal
Library, Windsor Castle, 1946-69, died on 9 July, 2003. She was 93.
[Aydua Helen Scott-Elliot was born 11 December, 1909, the daughter of Lewis
Alexander Scott-Elliot and Princess Eydua Odescalchi (daughter of Prince Arturo
Odescalchi and of his third wife, née Countess Julie Zichy), and was educated
at St Paul's Girls' School and abroad. Career: Temporary Assistant Civilian
Officer, Admiralty, 1941-46; Keeper of the Prints & Drawings, Royal
Library, Windsor Castle, 1946-69. Miss Scott-Elliot was appointed MVO in 1958;
and advanced to CVO on her retirement in 1970. She never married.] (added 15 Jul 2003)
Donna Anna dei principi Odescalchi (daughter of Don Innocenzo, Pr.
Odescalchi, Pr. di Bassano, Duca del Sirmio, Duca di Bracciano, etc (1883-1953)
and of Vittoria Balbi Senarega dei marchesi di Piovera (1888-1965)) died in
Rome on 27 December.
[She was born in 1917 and married in 1944 Don Francesco Saverio dei principi
Massimo Lancellotti (1913-2000), himself son of Prince Don Luigi Massimo
Lancellotti, Principe di Prossedi (1881-1968) and of countess Marie of the
princes de Merode (1884-1973). She leaves one son and two daughters.] (added 11 Jan 2004)
ORLOV
Baron Jean-Albert d'Almont died at Tours on 18 May.
[He was born at Ivoy-le-Pre on 27 Sep 1909. In 1951 he married Princess Xenia
Orlov (1921-1963), daughter of Prince Nicholas Orlov (1896-1961) and of his
wife, Princess Nadezhda of Russia (1898-1988). They had a daughter, Marie
Isabell Nadejda, who, according to the death announcement, is married to Count
Raphael Tarnowski. ["Le comte et la comtesse Raphaël Tarnowski, ses
enfants et toute sa famille ont la tristesse de vous faire part du décès du
général Jean d'ALMONT commandeur de la Légion d'honneur".]] (updated 2 Aug 2003)
PATERNÒ
Don Giovanni Paternò dei Duchi di Roccaromana, Marchesi del Toscano (only son of Don Antonio, Duca di Roccaromana and Marchese del Toscano [himself the son of the Duke Don Giovanni and of his wife née Donna Lucilla Paternò Castello dei Duchi di Carcaci] and of his wife neé Paola Zalum) married Joy A. Gardner (daughter of Mr Nigel Gardner and of his wife neé dei Conti Marzotto Caotorta) in Florence on 18 October. (updated 29 Nov 2003)
Nobile Alessandro Puglisi Cosentino (son of Nobile Alfio Puglisi
Cosentino and of his first wife, née Donna Silvia Paternò dei Marchesi del
Toscano, dei Duchi di Roccaromana [herself the daughther of Don Riccardo
Paternò and of his wife, née Donna Maria Bonaccorsi dei Principi di Reburdone])
and his wife, née Laurentia dei Conti Orsolini Cencelli, had their first
child, Livia, on 3 December. (added 11 Dec
2003)
PINOHERMOSO
Doña Maria Ángeles de Prado, née Pérez-Seoane y Fernández de Villaverde
(daughter of Don Carlos Pérez de Seoane y Cullén, Duque de Pinohermoso and
Conde de Villaleal, and of his wife, née Doña Maria del Carmen
Fernández-Villaverde y Roca de Togores) died at Madrid on 1 March.
[She married in 1957 Don Diego de Prado y Colón de Carvajal (1930-1995). They
had six children.] (added 9 Mar 2003)
PIRONTI
Donna Carolina, Duchesa di Campagna, née del Balzo dei Duchi di Presezano
(daughter of the late Don Antonio Del Balzo dei Duchi di Presenzano and of the
late Donna Margherita Ferrara Pignatelli dei principi di Strongoli), died in
Rome on 22 December.
[She was born in 1930 and married in 1954 Don Francesco Pironti, Duca di
Campagna (1918-1999). She leaves two sons: Don Luigi (b.1956), the present Duca
di Campagna, and Don Riccardo (b.1959).] (added
11 Jan 2003)
POLIGNAC
Prince Armand-Louis de Polignac died in Paris on 27 January.
[He was born at La Jumellière on 12 Jul 1914, first child of Prince François de
Polignac (1887-1981) and of his first wife, née Simone de Maillé de La
Tour-Landry (1889-1950). He married in 1943 Jeanne de Chabot, and is survived
by her and by their three children.] (added 4 Feb
2003)
Princess Marie Thérèse de Polignac (daughter of Prince Hubert de
Polignac (1918-1981) and of his wife, née Radégonde Moulart de Vilmarest) married
Christian Caralp at Notre Dame d'Auteuil, Paris, on 21 June.
[She had formerly been married from 1974 to 1979 to François Garric de
Bienassis.] (added 7 Jul 2003)
Jean-Emmanuel André Edmond Pierre Rodocanachi (son of Pierre
Rodocanachi and of his wife, Princess Armande de Polignac) will marry Claire
Blanche Marie Henriette Benoist at d'Autruy-sur-Juine (Loiret). Banns were
published on 16 July. (added 25 Jul 2003)
PONIATOWSKI
Prince Matthias Poniatowski (b.1973, son of Prince Albert Poniatowski and of his second wife, née Camille Tesseron) married Elisabeth Dangas (daughter of Denis Dangas and of Anne de Mareilhac) in March. (added 15 Apr 2003)
Laurent Bouteloup and his wife, née Princess Aldélinda Poniatowski
(daughter of Prince Albert Poniatowski and of his second wife, née Camille
Tesseron) had their second child, Ladislas, on 11 August.
[The datoe of birth of their first child, Melchior, is unknown to me.] (added 19 Aug 2003)
PORTLAND
Hon Bronwen Mary Lindsay died on 1 December, aged 91.
[She was born 27 November, 1912, as the Hon Bronwen Scott-Ellis, eldest
daughter of the 8th Lord Baron De Walden (1880-1946), by his wife, Margherita
Van Raalte, and was twin with her only brother, John Osmael, 9th Baron Howard
De Walden. Her great-grandfather, the 6th Baron Howard De Walden, married Lady
Lucy Cavendish-Bentinck, daughter of the 4th Duke of Portland. She married 26
April, 1933, the Hon James Louis Lindsay, second son of the 27th Earl of
Crawford & Balcarres, KT (1871-1940), by his wife Constance Pelly, and
produced 3 sons and 1 daughter.] (added 7 Dec
2003)
RADZIWILL
Princess Roza Radziwill, née Czartoryski (daughter of Prince
Wlodzimierz Czartoryski (1895-1975) and of his wife, née Countess Zofia
Tyszkiewicz (1895-1973)) died in London on 12 May.
[She was born at Pelkinie on 10 August 1928. In 1965 she married Prince Antoni
Radziwill (1936-1999), son of Prince Michal Radziwill (1907-1974) and of his
first wife, née Aldona Chlapowska (1907-1963). They had two children: Martin
(b.1965) and Paul (b.1970).] (added 14 May 2003)
Countess Krystyna Potocki, née Princess Radziwill, died at Madrid on 13
August.
[She was born at Warsaw on 15 Nov 1908, the daughter of Prince Janusz Radziwill
(1880-1967) and of his wife, née Princess Anna Lubomirska (1882-1946). In 1930
she married Count Józef Potocki (1895-1968), by whom she had four children, of
whom three survive her. Her eldest daughter, Anna, died in 2001.] (added 24 Aug 2003)
Nobile Alessio Carabba Tettamanti (son of Nobile Ferdinando Carabba
Tettamanti and of Princess Diane Radziwill [herself only daughter of Prince
Georg Radziwill and of Elaine Chalandon]) married Carlotta Frabboni in
Bologna on 20 September. (added 13 Oct 2003)
RARECOURT DE LA VALLÉE
Anne, Duchesse de Rarecourt de La Vallée, Marquise de Pimodan, née Dorit,
(b.Overije, Belgium 24 Jan 1930) died on 12 September.
[She was widow of Pierre Duc de Rarecourt de La Vallée (1918-1985) and mother
of Catherine, Comtesse de Moynde de Martigny, Beatrice de Mondragon, and of
Christophe, Duc de Rarecourt de La Vallée.] (added
18 Apr 2004)
REGGIO
Comte Xavier de Montecler died on 29 December, aged 100.
[He was born at Potiers on 27 January 1903, son of Henri, Marquis de Montecler
(1875-1965) and of his wife, née Gabrielle de Tudert (1879-1971). In 1926 he
married Geneviève de Chavagnac, who predeceased him. She was daughter of Henri,
Marquis de Chavagnac (1865-1940), and of his wife, née Henriette Pourroy de
Laubérivière de Quinsonas (1877-1980), who was herself the daughter of Maxime,
Marquis de Quinsonas, and of his wife, née Marie Oudinot de Reggio (herself the
daughter of Charles Oudinot, 3rd Duc de Reggio).] (added
2 Jan 2004)
RICHMOND, LENNOX & GORDON
Elizabeth Rosamund Bingham (née Peyton) died on 16 June.
[She was born 23 May 1919, the second daughter of Sir Algernon Thomas Peyton,
7th & last Baronet (1889-1962), by his wife Joan Stratford Dugdale, of the
Dugdale Baronets, and married 26 June, 1943, Capt (John) Nigel Bingham,
Coldstream Guards, (b. 1915) only son of Lt-Col Ralph Charles Bingham, DSO,
(1885-1977), grandson of Major the Hon Sir Cecil Bingham, GCVO, KCMG, &
great-grandson of the 4th Earl of Lucan, KP, (1830-1914) by his wife Lady
Cecilia Catherine Gordon-Lennox, daughter of the 5th Duke of Richmond, KG,
&c.] (added 25 Jun 2003)
The engagement was announced 25 July, 2003, between Frederick J.W. Elwes, (b.1966), second son of Henry William George Elwes, (b.1935), Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire, of Colesbourne, Gloucestershire, by his wife, the former Carolyn Dawn Cripps (of the Barons Parmoor), and M. Amelia Headlam, daughter of Mr and Mrs Nicholas Headlam, of Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire. Frederick Elwes is a grandson of Maj John Hargreaves Elwes, Scots Guards, (killed in action in North Africa in 1943), by his wife Isabel Pamela Ivy Beckwith, granddaughter of the 7th Duke of Richmond & Gordon. (added 25 Jul 2003)
Evangeline Marguerite Gladys (Eve) Bingham (née Elliot), widow of Major Francis Humphrey Bingham, OBE (son of Hon. Sir Francis Richard Bingham [himself the son of George Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan, and of his wife, née Lady Cecilia Katherine Gordon-Lennox, of the Dukes of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon] and of his wife, née Kathleen Clarke), died 15 October, 2003, aged 103. She was the youngest dau of Colonel William Henry Wilson Elliot, DSO, and married in 1927. (added 24 Oct 2003)
Ben Collings and his wife, née Lady Louisa Gordon-Lennox (daughter of
Charles Henry, 10th Duke of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon, and of his wife, née
Susan Monica Grenville-Grey) had their second child, George Cecil, on 23
December. Their first child is named Felicity. (added
6 Jan 2004)
ROHAN-CHABOT
Etienne de Lassus Saint-Geniès (son of Baron Christian de Lassus Saint-Geniès and of his wife, née Marie de Rohan-Chabot) and his wife, née Anna Mitko, had their first child, Amaury, in Paris on 27 April. (added 22 Jul 2003)
Daniel Brooks and his wife, née Delphine de Rohan-Chabot (daughter of Charles Maurice, Comte de Rohan-Chabot, and of his wife, née Donna Paola Sanjust di Teulada), had their second child, Oscar, on 1 August. (added 19 Aug 2003)
Baron Henri Osmont d'Amilly and his wife, née Anne Kergall (daughter of Yann Kergall and of his wife, née Viviane de Rohan-Chabot [herself the daughter of Léonor, Comte de Rohan-Chabot, and of his wife, née Béatrix Le Cardinal de Kernier) had their first child, Marguerite, at Paris on 24 October. (added 23 Nov 2003)
Stéphanie de Rohan-Chabot (daughter of Comte Louis de Rohan-Chabot and of his wife, née Marie Christine Lebaudy) married Vincent Julien Schmidt at Saint-Michel-en-Brenne on 5 September. (updated 28 Nov 2003)
Comte Fabrice de Rohan-Chabot (b.1968, son of Comte Jean de Rohan-Chabot and of his wife, née Joy Maria Bourlon de Rouvre) has become engaged to marry Sandra Moens. (added 16 Mar 2003)
Comte Pierre-Louis de Rohan-Chabot (son of Comte Henri-Pierre de Rohan-Chabot and of his wife, née Lorraine Burin des Roziers) became engaged to marry Marie-Laure Dulmet (daughter of the late Bernard Dulmet and of his wife, née Elisabeth Brender). (added 16 Mar 2003)
The engagement was announced between Amélie de Rarécourt de La Vallée de
Pimodan (daughter of Yves de Rarécourt de La Vallée de Pimodan [himself the
son of Olivier de Rarécourt de La Vallée de Pimodan and of his wife, née
Ysabeau de Rohan-Chabot (herself the daughter of Comte Guillaume de
Rohan-Chabot and of his wife, née Nadine de La Rousselière-Clouard)] and of his
wife, née Anne d'Auber de Peyrelongue) and Edouard Gaillard de Saint-Germain
(son of Lionel Gaillard de Saint-Germain and of his wife, née Isabelle de
Roquefeuil-Cahuzac). (added 17 Oct 2003)
RUFFO
Don Andrea Theodoli dei marchesi di San Vito e Pisoniano (b.Rome 1970, second son of Don Giulio Theodoli and of his wife, née Donna Maria Gabriella Ruffo dei principi della Scaletta) married Monica Zampieri at Conegliano Veneto, near Treviso, on 7 July. (updated 25 Jul 2003)
Donna Maria-Cristina Laura San Martino di San Germano, née Ruffo di
Calabria, died at castello di San Martino Alfieri in September.
[She was born at Rome on 25 May 1920, oldest child of Don Fulco Principe Ruffo
and of his wife, née Luisa Gazelli. In 1940 she married Don Casimiro San
Martino di San Germano, Marchese di Fontanetto con San Germano, who died in
1988. She was the sister of Queen Paola of the Belgians.] (added 14 Sep 2003)
RUSPOLI
Don Galeazzo Maria Alvise Emanuele Ruspoli, Duca di Morignano, died in
Paris on 21 February.
[He was born at Rome 27 March 1922, son of Don Francesco Ruspoli, Duca di
Morignano, and of his wife, née Donna Josefa dei Conti di Brazza. He married
firstly in 1949 Maria Elisa Soler Serra. He married secondly in 1960 Giovanna
Nannini dei Baroni di Casabianca. He had one son (Carlo Emanuele, Duca di
Plasencia, and one daughter, Ginevra, Comtesse Frédéric de La Rochefoucauld.] (added 25 Feb 2003)
Tao Ruspoli (second son of Alessandro "Dado" Ruspoli, 9th Prince of Cerveteri, and of his second wife, née Nancy de Girard de Charbonnières) married Ms. Cockburn (eldest daughter of Andrew and Leslie Cockburn) in Virginia, near Washington DC, on 7 June. (added 11 Jun 2003)
Don Marcantonio (Marc-Antoine) Ruspoli, Principe di Poggio Suasa, died at
Recife, Brazil, on 1 August.
[He was born at Brussels on 28 November 1926, according to most sources, though
in his death announcement the date was given as 27 November 1927, the eldest
son of Don Costantinio Ruspoli and of his wife, née Elisabeth van der Noot
d'Assche. He succeeded his grandfather as third Principe di Poggio Suasa in
1963. He had a son and four daughters. He is apparently succeeded in the title
by his son, Constantino.] (added 28 Nov 2003)
RUTLAND
David Charles Robert Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland, and his wife, née Emma Watkins, had their fifth child, Hugo William James, on 24 July. (added 2 Aug 2003)
The engagement was announced 14 November, 2003, between Lord Reginald
Alexander Vane-Tempest-Stewart (b.1977, yr son of the 9th Marquess of
Londonderry and of Doreen Marchioness of Londonderry (Doreen Wells the
ballerina)) and Chloe B. Guinness (only daughter of William Loel Seymour
Guinness [himself the son of Thomas Loel Evelyn Bulkeley Guinness and of his
wife, née Lady Isabel Manners [herself the daughter of the 9th Duke of Rutland]
and Mrs (Agnes Elizabeth) Lynn Guinness, née Day). (added
15 Nov 2003)
SABRAN
Comte Thibaud Marie Joseph de Carné-Marcein (son of Louis-Guillaume, Comte de Carné-Marcein [himself the son of Olivier, Comte de Carné-Marcein, and of his wife, née Anne-Marie de Sabran-Pontevès], and of his wife, née Odile Teste de Sagey) is engaged to marry Perrine Marie Geneviève Lamoureux. (added 24 May 2003)
Nicolas de Kermel (son of Vicomte Bertrand de Kermel and of his wife,
née Brigitte de Maistre [herself the daughter of Comte Xavier-Eugène de Maistre
and of his wife, née Magali d'Isoard de Chénerilles (herself the daughter of
Pierre, Marquis d'Isoard de Chénerilles, and of his wife, née Phanette Gertrude
Alice Dauphine Gersende de Sabran Pontevès)]) married Sophie-Marie Baudet (daughter
of Mme Jean-Pierre Baudet, née Aude de Ribier) at Roquebrou on 16 August.
(added 19 Aug 2003)
SANFELICE
Donna Anna Maria Sanfelice dei duchi di Bagnoli e dei marchesi di
Monteforte (daughter of the late Don Giovanni Battista Sanfelice dei duchi di
Bagnoli, Marchese di Monteforte, and of the late Donna Stefania Imperiali dei
principi di Francavilla) died in Rome on 18 July.
[She was born in 1933 and married in 1955 Fabio dei baroni Galli Zugaro
(himself son of Enzo, Barone Galli Zugaro (1898-1986) and of Donna Fabiola
Massimo dei Principi di Arsoli (1900-1983, herself daughter of Infanta
Margherita de Borbón). She is survived by her husband, three sons and two
daughters.] (added 25 Jul 2003)
Donna Emanuela Sanfelice dei Duchi di Bagnoli (daughter of Don Fabio
Vandalo Sanfelice, Duca di Bagnoli, and of his wife, neè Donna Laurentia
Colonna dei Principi di Paliano [herself the daughter of the Prince Don Aspreno
Colonna
and his wife neè Donna Maria Milagros dei Principi del Drago]) is engaged to
marry Nicola Malaspina on 24 January 2004 in Rome. (added 3 Dec 2003)
SEVILLE
It is reported that among the dozens of Spanish soldiers killed in a
plane crash in Turkey while on a military mission on 26 May was one Juan
Ignacio López de Borbón (son of Juan Ignacio López y Perez and of his wife,
née Maria del Milagros de Borbón y de Oro [herself the daughter of Don Carlos
Luis José Francisco de Borbón (of the Dukes of Seville) and of his wife, née
Maria del Milagros de Oro y Fernandez de Ceballos]). (added 27 May 2003)
SOMERSET
Edward Jonathan Lawrence Pumphrey (son of Christopher Jonathan
Pumphrey amd of his wife, née Joanna Jane Aykroyd) and his wife, née Melinda
Nell Seymour (daughter of Archibald John Seymour [of the Dukes of Somerset]
and of his wife, née Lavinia York) had their first child, Thomas, on 14
January.
[They had announced their engagement in January 2000 and presumably married
later that year.]
Henry Alexander Nicholas Beaumont (son of Hon. Sir Edward Nicholas Canning Beaumont [himself the son of Wentworth Henry Canning Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale, and of his wife, née Violet Lucy Emily Seely] and of his wife, née Jane Caroline Falconer Wallace) and his wife, née Lady Diana Helen Seymour (daughter of the late Hugh Edward Conway Seymour, 8th Marquess of Hertford [of the Dukes of Somerset] and of his wife, née Pamela de Riquet Comtesse de Caraman-Chimay) had their second child, Hugh Nicholas, on 1 March. (added 25 Mar 2003)
Hugh James Seymour (b.1956, son of Hugh Francis Seymour [of the
Marquesses of Hertford and the Dukes of Somerset] and of his wife, née Mary
Elizabeth Roberts) and his second wife, née Anya Hindmarch, had a son, Otto
Storm Hindmarch, on 3 June.
[Hugh James Seymour has two sons and a daughter from his first marriage to
Felicity Anne Webber, who died in 1993. He and Anya have another son, born in
2000.] (added 7 Jun 2003)
Felicity, Lady Bonham, née Pardoe, has died at the age of 86,
apparently in August.
[She was born 27 Oct 1916, the only daughter of Colonel Frank Lionel Pardoe,
DSO, of Bartonbury, Cirencester, Gloucestershire by his wife Sybil Margaret,
widow of Douglas Eyre, youngest daughter of Capt Clayton Mitchell, RN, JP. She
married Sir Anthony Lionel Thomas Bonham, 4th Bt. (son of Sir Eric Henry
Bonham, 3d Bt., and of his wife, née Ethel Seymour [herself the daughter of
Leopold Richard Seymour, of the Dukes of Somerset and Marquesses of Hertford]),
on 19 February, 1944, & is survived by her husband and three sons, Martin,
Simon & Timothy.] (added 26 Aug 2003)
The engagement was announced 12 September, 2003, between James Edward Conway Bigham (b.1973, youngest son of the Hon David Edward Hugh Bigham [b.1938, of the Viscounts Mersey and Lords Nairne] and of his wife, née Anthea Rosemary Seymour [of the Marquesses of Hertford and Dukes of Somerset], of Pulborough, West Sussex) and Katherine M. Turner (eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Rupert Turner, of Beeley, Derbyshire.) (added 13 Sep 2003)
Adam Hayes-Newington and his wife, née Arabella Seymour (daughter of
Conway John Edward Seymour [of the Marquesses of Hertford and Dukes of
Somerset]) had their first child, Sam John Lyle, on 31 December. (added 6 Jan 2004)
SOTOMAYOR
Jacoba Suarez-Infiesta, née Pidal, died at Ribadesella on 26 February.
[She was born 25 July 1924, the daughter of Alejandro Pidal y Guilhou and of
his wife, née Maria del Carmen Martinez de Irujo y Caro (herself the daughter
of Carlos Martinez de Irujo, Duque de Sotomayor, and of his wife, née Maria del
Pilar Caro y Széchényi). In 1944 she married Mariano Suarez-Infiesta y Pola, by
whom she had six children.] (added 2 Mar 2003)
Jaime Martinez de Irujo y de Figueroa (son of Jaime Martinez de Irujo
y Artazcoz [himself the son of Pedro Martinez de Irujo y Caro Duque de
Sotomayor and of his wife, née Ana-Maria de Artazcoz y Labayen] and of his
wife, née Blanca Figueroa y de Borbón [herself the daughter of Luis de Figueroa
y Alonso-Martinez, Conde de Romanones, and of his wife, née Maria Blanca de
Borbón]) and his wife, née Rocio de la Fuente y Ybáñez, had their second
child, Blanca, in April.
[Their first child, Carmen, was born Dec 2001/Jan 2002.]
(added 5 May 2003)
STCHERBATOV
Prince Alexis Pavlovich Stcherbatov (b.St.Petersburg 1910, son of
Prince Paul Borissovich Stcherbatov (1871-1951) and of his wife, née Princess
Anna Wladimirovna Bariatinsky (1879-1942)) died in New York in June.
[He had married in 1941 Kathleen Comerford MacLoughlin. She died in 1999. They
had no children.] (added 20 Jun 2003)
SUCHET d'ALBUFÈRA
The engagement was announced between Edouard Jean Laurent Aubin (son of Yves Aubin and his wife, née Hélène Suchet d'Albufèra [herself the daughter of the late Louis Suchet, Duc d'Albufèra (1905-1995) and of his wife, née Simone de Chevigné]) and Claire Béatrix Anne Maragde d'Ussel (daughter of Baron Antoine d'Ussel and of his wife, née Armelle Le Vaillant du Douët de Graville). The couple is to marry at Bernières (Seine-Maritime) on 5 July. (updated 14 Jun 2003)
Emmanuel Denis Napoléon Fauchier Delavigne (son of Alain Fauchier Delavigne and of his wife, née Constance Suchet d'Albufèra [herself the daughter of the late Duc Louis d'Albufèra]) will marry Sophie Brigitte Aline Decoutere at Saint-Gabriel-Brecy (Calvados). Banns were published on 17 July. (added 25 Jul 2003)
Comte Alexandre de Chavagnac (son of Comte Jacques de Chavagnac and
of his wife, née Véronique de Crouy-Chanel) and his wife, née Pauline Suchet
d'Albufèra (daughter of Emmanuel Suchet, Marquis d'Albufèra [himself the
son and heir of Napoléon Suchet, Duc d'Albufèra, and of his wife, née Claude de
Ladoucette] and of his wife, née Elisabeth de Fontanges) had their first
child, Rose, on 29 December. (added 31 May
2004)
TALLEYRAND-PÉRIGORD
Violette, Duchesse de Sagan, died at Fontenay on 6 March.
[She was born in Paris 18 February 1915, daughter of Hélie de
Talleyrand-Périgord, Duc de Sagan (1859-1937) and of his wife, née Anna Gould
(1878-1961). In 1937 she married James Robert, Comte de Pourtalès (1911-1996)
from whom she was divorced in 1969. Later in 1969 she married Gaston Palewski
(1901-1984). She is survived by her three children, seven grandchildren, and at
least one great-grandchild.] (added 11 Mar 2003)
Hubert Graf von Andlau-Homburg, died at Schloß Ittenwiler on 24 July.
[He was born at Mülhausen on 17 Oct 1926, son of Christian Graf von
Andlau-Homburg (1893-1962) and of his wife, née Rose Orlowska (1900-1974),
herself the daughter of Count Miecislaw Lubicz-Orlowski (himself the son of
Count Alexander Lubicz-Orlowski and of his wife, née Clémentine de
Talleyrand-Périgord) and of his wife, née Mabel Stevens. In 1956 he married
Jacqueline Duchemin, and they had two children: Jacques (b.1957) and Marie
Caroline (b.1959), who married Paul van de Bogaard.] (added 28 Jul 2003)
TASCHER de la PAGERIE
Comte Gérard de Regnauld de Bellescize died on 19 June.
[He was born in 1947, son of Comte Arnaud de Regnauld de Bellescize and of his
wife, née Joséphine Tascher de la Pagerie (herself the daughter of Robert
Tascher de la Pagerie [himself the son of Napoléon, Duc de Tascher de la Pagerie
(1856-1935)] and of his wife, née Cathérine Amelot de Chaillou). He was
unmarried.] (added 22 Jun 2003)
TECK
Peter Whitley died on 25 January.
[He was born at Singapore 23 Oct 1923, son of Sir Norman Henry Pownall Whitley
and of his wife, née Florence May Erskine. In 1951 he married Lady Mary
Cambridge (1924-1999), daughter of George Francis Hugh, 2nd Marquess of
Cambridge (born Prince of Teck) and of his wife, née Dorothy Isabel Hastings.
The couple had two children, a son and a daughter.] (added 17 Feb 2003)
TORLONIA
Francis Shields (son of Francis Shields and of his wife, née Donna Marina Torlonia dei Principi di Civitella Cesi) died in Palm Beach on 27 April. (updated 7 Jun 2003)
Brooke Shields (daughter of Francis Shields [himself the son of Francis Shields and of his wife, née Donna Marina Torlonia dei Principi di Civitella Cesi]) and her husband, Christopher Thomas Henchy, had their first child, a daughter, Rowan, at The New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center, in New York on 15 May. (updated 7 Jun 2003)
Federica, Duchesa di Poli e Guadagnolo, nèe Schiaffino, died in Rome on
14/15 November.
[She married in 1960 Don Augusto Torlonia, Duca di Poli e Guadagnolo
(1924-1995) and leaves an only child, Don Giulio Torlonia, the present Duke of
Poli and Guadagnolo.] (added 21 Nov 2003)
TORREPADULA
Don Lorenzo Rocco di Torrepadula and his wife , née Elisabeth Fabius, had
their second child, Sacha Liliane Barbara, at Amsterdam on 17 April.
[Their first child is named Lupo.] (added 28 Apr
2003)
TORTORICI MONTAPERTO
Donna Costanza Torotorici Montaperto dei Principi di Raffadali, née
Gargallo dei marchesi di Castel Lentini (daughter of Gioacchino Gargallo,
Marchese di Castel Lentini and of Nobile Giovanna Celentani) died in Rome on
24 November.
[She was born in 1959 and married in 1991 Don Antoniotto Tortorici Montaperto
dei principi di Raffadali (b.1960, himself second son of Don Giovanni Tortorici
Montaperto, Principe di Raffadali e Duca di San Nicolò, and of Stephanie de
Kiss Boscogrande). She leaves her husband, one son (Gerlando) and one daughter
(Alessandra).] (added 5 Dec 2003)
TROUBETZKOY
Princess Dorothy Troubetzkoy died on 8 December.
[She was born at Hartford Connecticut in 1914, daughter of George Ulrich and
Alice Smith. In 1941 she married Prince Serge Sergeievich Troubetzkoy
(1914-2001). She was an award-winning writer under the name Ulrich Troubetzkoy.
URSEL
Toby Edmond Luard Morton Mansel-Pleydell (son of David Gabriel Morton Mansel-Pleydell [himself the son of Ralph Morton Mansel-Pleydell and of his wife, Countess Marguerite d'Ursel] and of his wife, née Elizabeth Luard) and his wife, Anna, had twin sons, John and Theodore, at Budapest on 3 January.
Baroness Albert Kervyn de Lettenhove, née Countess Bénédicte d'Ursel,
died at Hodoumont on 29 January.
[She was born on 8 February 1921 and was the daughter of Count Georges d'Ursel
and of his second wife, née Countess Elisabeth de Bousies. She married Baron
Albert Kervyn de Lettenhove (1917-1998) in 1942. She is survived by her eight
children and at least 15 grandchildren.] (Added
1-31-03)
Comte Gonzague d'Ursel (son of Comte Eric d'Ursel and of his wife, née Béatrice Mortens d'Oosterwyck de Jacquier de Rosée) and his wife, née Jnkvr Anne Louise Charlotte Marie Ghislaine Wolters, had their fourth child, Albane, on 16 January. (added 13 Feb 2003)
Comte Tanguy d'Oultremont (son of Comte Léopold d'Oultremont [himself the son of Comte Hervé d'Oultremont and of his wife, née Comtesse Charlotte d'Ursel] and of his wife, née Béatrice de Hemptinne) and his wife, née Priscilla Pecsteen, had their first child, Thibaud, on 26 February. (added 14 Mar 2003)
Count Hervé Marie Xavier d'Ursel (b.1930, son of Count Bernard
d'Ursel (1904-1965) and of his wife, née Princess Thérèse de Ligne (1905-2000))
died at Woluwé-Saint-Pierre on 7 March.
[In 1959 he married Marie Cécile de Bonvoisin; he is survived by her and by
their four children.] (added 8 Mar 2003)
Jacques de Pret Roose de Calesberg and his wife, née Countess Eleonore of Limburg-Stirum (daughter of Count Emmanuel of Limburg-Stirum and of his wife, née Countess Nadine d'Ursel) had a daughter, Margaux, on 7 March. (added 2 Apr 2003)
Michel Nolet de Brauwere van Steeland and his wife, née Countess Ségolène d'Ursel (daughter of Comte Eric Henri Marie Gislain d'Ursel and of his wife, née Béatrice Mortens d'Oosterwyck de Jacquier de Rosée) had their second child, Hadrien, on 2 April. (added 25 May 2003)
Jean-Marc Legrand and his wife, née Countess Laurence d'Ursel (daughter of Count Emmanuel d'Ursel and of his wife, née Marie-Chantal de Meester de Heyndonck), had their third child, Marouusia, on 21 May. (added 4 Jul 2003)
Comte Tanguy de Briey (son of Comte Arnaud de Briey [himself the son of Comte Aimery de Briey (himself the son of Comte Renaud de Briey and of his wife, née Countess Anne d'Ursel)]) and his wife, née Sabine Coppieters 't Wallant, had their first child, Arnaud, on 31 May. (added 1 Sep 2003)
Count Xavier d'Oultremont (b.1977, son of Count Leopold d'Oultremont [himself son of Count Hervé d'Oultremont and of Countess Charlotte d'Ursel] and of his wife née Béatrice de Hemptinne) is engaged to Catherine le Polain de Waroux (b.1979, daughter of Jean-Luc le Polain de Waroux and of his wife née Béatrice Mertens de Wilmars). (added 17 Mar 2003)
The following engagement was announced in June: "Le mariage de Bertrand Alain Jacques EPSTEIN militaire et de Armelle Marie Elisabeth DE LA VILLEON étudiante sera célébré en la mairie de Plouha (Côtes d'Armor). Bans affichés à la mairie du VII. arr. de Paris le 12 juin 2003". Presumably the woman in question is Armelle de Villeon (b.1980, daughter of Hubert de la Villeon [himself the son of Antoine de Villeon and of his wife, née Anne du Pré de Saint-Maur (herself the daughter of Richard du Pré de Saint-Maur and of his wife, née Countess Elisabeth d'Ursel)] and of his wife, née Véronique Mehu). (added 22 Jun 2003)
Louis de Bernard de Fauconval and his wife, née Countess Manuella d'Ursel, had their first child, Olivier, on 10 July. (added 11 Jan 2004)
Pierre de Balliencourt dit Courcol (son of Christophe de Balliencourt dit Courcol and of his wife, née Anne de Ladoucette [herself the daughter of Baron François de Ladoucette and of his wife, née Geneviève de Frotté (herself the daughter of Robert, Marquis de Frotté, and of his wife, née Countess Juliette d'Ursel)]) will marry Olimpia Le Sellier de Chézelles (daughter of ___ Le Sellier de Chézelles and of his wife, née Eleonora Giusti de Marle) at Lierville (Oise). The banns were pulbished in Paris on 2 August. (added 19 Aug 2003)
Charles Geelhand de Merxem (son of Baudoin Geelhand de Merxem and of his wife, née Danielle de Brouchoven de Bergeÿck [herself the daughter of Comte Michel de Brouchoven de Bergeÿck (himself the son of Comte Philippe de Brouchoven de Bergeÿck and of his wife, née Countess Marie-Thérèse d'Ursel) and of his wife, née Comtesse Gaëtane d'Oultremont]) and his wife, née Stéphanie de Jong, had their first child, Camille, on 26 August. (added 11 Jan 2004)
Quitterie Marraud des Grottes (daughter of Comte Gabriel Marraud des Grottes and of his wife, née Roselyne du Pré de Saint-Maur [herself the daughter of Pierre du Pré de Saint-Maur (himself the son of Richard du Pré de Saint-Maur and of his wife, née Countess Elisabeth d'Ursel]) and of his wife, née France de Roquefeuil-Cahuzac) married Charles-Albert Dumont de Chassart (b.Ixelles 7 May 1977) at Vendôme on 27 September. (added 11 Jan 2004)
Countess Evelyne d'Ursel (daughter of Count Ives d'Ursel and of his wife, née Mireille de Decker) is engaged to Aurélien Janssens de Bisthoven (son of Philippe (of the barons) Janssens de Bisthoven and of his wife née Katia (of the barons) de Neve de Roden). (added 13 Sep 2003)
Count Arnaud de Limburg-Stirum (son of Count Emmanuel de Limburg-Stirum and of his wife, née Countess Nadine d'Ursel) and his wife, née Sophie van den Hecke de Lembeke, had their first child, Ferdinand Virachai Nicolas Eleonore Charles Francois-Xavier Marie Ghislain, at Bangkok on 9 October. (added 15 Oct 2003)
Count Vincent d'Oultremont (son of Count Didier d'Oultremont [himself the son of Count Hervé d'Oultremont and of his wife, née Countess Charlotte d'Ursel] and of his wife, née Hélène de Hemptinne) and his wife, née Catherine Doneux, had their third child, Lucie, on 22 October. (added 28 Nov 2003)
Count Geoffroy d'Oultremont (son of Count Didier d'Oultremont [himself the son of Count Hervé d'Oultremont and of his wife, née Countess Charlotte d'Ursel] and of his wife, née Hélène de Hemptinne) and his wife, née Christine de Wasseige, had their third child, Bruno, on 13 November. (added 28 Nov 2003)
Count François d’Ursel (son of Count Yves d’Ursel and of his wife, née de Mireille de Decker) is engaged to marry Countess Julie d’Aspremont Lynden (daughter of Count François-Maximilien d’Aspremont Lynden and of his wife, née Régine (of the barons) del Marmol). (added 29 Oct 2003)
Comte Patrick de Madre (son of Comte Jean de Madre and of his wife,
née Countess Anne d'Ursel) and his wife, née Armelle Tieleman, had their
third child, Lorraine, on 30 December. (added
14 Feb 2004)
VISCONTI di MODRONE
Franca Viviana Della Robbia, Duchesa di Grazzano Visconti, died at
Florence on 16 April.
[She was born in 1905, daughter of Giovan Battista dei Marchesi Viviani Della
Robbia and of his wife, née Maria Bianca dei Conti di Larderel. In 1926 she
married Guido Visconti di Modrone, Duca di Grazzano Visconti, who was killed in
action at El Alamein in 1942. They had no children.] (added 26 Apr 2003)
Andrea dei Marchesi Doria died at Milan on 27 May.
[He was born at Genoa on 15 Nov 1919, the son of Giancaro dei Marchesi Doria
and of his wife, née Maria Balbi Senarega. In 1952 he married Donna Maria Anna
dei Duchi Visconti Modrone, daughter of Marcello Duca Visconti di Modrone and
of his wife, née Xenia Berlingieri. They had two sons and a daughter.] (added 15 Jun 2003)
Uberta Visconti di Modrone dei Duchi di Grazzano Visconti died at
Sperlonga, near Latina, on 30 July.
[She was born in Milan on 6 Apr 1918, daughter of Giuseppe, Duca di Grazzano
Visconti, and of his wife, née Carla Erba, and was the sister of the film
director Lucchino Visconti. In 1940 she married Renzo Avanzo (1911-1989) and
left a son, Carlo Avanzo.] (updated 12 Sep 2003)
VISTAHERMOSA
Isabel Zavala, née García-Loygorri y Martínez de Irujo, died at Madrid on
10 August.
[She was born at Madrid 4 October 1916, daughter of Cristobal García-Loygorri,
Duque de Vistahermosa, and of his wife, née Asuncion Isabel Martinez de Irujo y
Caro (of the Duques de Sotomayor). In 1951 she married Luis de Zavala Igartúa,
who predeceased her. They had four children.] (added
12 Sep 2003)
WESTMINSTER
Anne Winifred, Duchess of Westminster, died on 31 August.
[She was born 13 April 1915, daughter of Brog-Gen Edward Langford Sullivan. In
1947, she married, as his fourth wife, Hugh Grosvenor, 2d Duke of Westminster,
who died in 1953. Their were no children from this union.] (added 2 Sep 2003)
WREDE
Gottfried Hermann (Götz) von Bülow died on 16 April.
[He was born at Solzow, Mecklenburg, on 22 Mar 1911, second son of Jobst Ernst
Friedrich Adolf Ludwig karl WIlhelm von Schulse-Bülow and of his wife, née
Marie-Elisabeth Freiin von Richthofen. In 1951 he married Luitgarde Gräfin von
Yrsch-Pienzenau (daughter of Wilhelm Sigmund Graf von Yrsch-Pienzenau [himself
the son of Ludwig Graf von Yrsch-Pienzenau and of his wife, née Marie Gräfin
und Edle Herrin zu Boineburg (herself the daughter of Sigismund Graf und Edler
Herr zu Boineburg and of his wife, née Walburga Marie Fürstin von Wrede)] and
of his wife, née Margita Mierendorff).] (added 4
Jul 2003)
Brent Osborn-Smith and his wife, née Veronika Freiin von Pfetten-Arnbach (daughter of Hans-Wolfgang Freiherr von Pfetten-Arnbach and of his first wife, née Corinna Gräfin von Almeida [herself the daughter of Ludwig-Viktor Graf von Almeida (himself the son of Carl August Graf von Almeida and of his wife, née Helene Fürstin von Wrede) and of his wife, née Regina von Martius]) had their first child, Amelie Benedicta Millicent, on 27 June. (added 4 Jul 2003)
Carl Fürst von Wrede (b.Munich 6 Nov 1972, son of Carl Fürst von
Wrede and of his first wife, née Ingeborg Hamberger) married Katalin
Gräfin Bethlen de Bethlen (b.1975, daughter of Nikolaus Graf Bethlen de
Bethlen and of his wife, née Gladys Mollik) in a civil ceremony at Schloß
Ellingen in June. The religious ceremony took place in Budapest on 12 July.
(updated 18 Jul 2003)